Organizers of the Crooked Creek Food Pantry estimated they would serve 200 families a month when the pantry opened in 2015. At last count, 1,200 families a month shop there, filling their carts with mostly healthy food options, at no cost.
Greg Denniston is a certified recovery specialist at Aspire Indiana, a job he found the hard way, part of a long journey that started with a mental breakdown in 1985.
Even before news broke that an unidentified health care system had lined up 30 acres at 96th Street and Spring Mill Road for a massive development, projects costing billions of dollars were underway or on the drawing board across the region.
The fast-growing health system, owned by Hamilton County, plans to begin construction this year and open the centers in Carmel, Fishers and Indianapolis in 2019.
Companies selling some of the most lucrative prescription painkillers funneled millions of dollars to advocacy groups that in turn promoted the medications' use, according to a report released Monday
Our latest class is loaded with achievers determined to better our community. It’s a diverse group that includes an ER physician fighting the opioid epidemic, one of the journalists who broke the USA Gymnastics scandal and an entrepreneur striving to improve water quality.
Darshan Shah is Indiana’s first chief data officer. In that role, he leads the Indiana Management Performance Hub and coordinates resources to guide policymakers in addressing the opioid epidemic, optimizing Medicaid services, and enhancing Indiana’s education-to-workforce pipeline.
Concentrating on the defense of pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers, Jessica Cox balances complex tort cases with pro bono work, community service and board involvement.
The Star’s star investigative reporter, Marisa Kwiatowski, has been a key part of award-winning projects about sexual abuse at USA Gymnastics, children’s mental health services, and problems at Adult Protective Services in Indiana.
The initiative, championed by Vice President Mike Pence when he was governor of Indiana, has been embraced by members of both parties. The latest bill was written by U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana.
Indiana is extremely progressive in its response to the opioid epidemic, pursuing a data-driven approach coupled with tactical steps to broaden access to treatment centers.
News on Tuesday that Amazon was forming a new company with JPMorgan Chase and Warren Buffett’s big-pocketed Berkshire Hathaway sent shock waves through the health care industry.
