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Study: Smoke-free policies aren’t an economic drag
A team of Indiana University health researchers has concluded that smoke-free-workplace laws do not have a negative economic impact.
Let’s finally pass no-smoking bill
Thanks for having the courage to take the flak from the smokers who think it is their right to kill us by allowing smoking in bars and casinos.
Executives make many trips to Washington to argue for 14 years of sales exclusivity for new drugs made from cells
Eli Lilly & Co. executives are making many trips to Washington to argue for 14 years of sales exclusivity for new drugs made
from cells.
Our newest smoke-filled workplace: Sadly, it stinks
Hoosiers workers—including those who work at casinos—deserve a healthy, smoke-free workplace.
Investment losses leave Conseco searching for $400M in horrible environment to raise capital
Without fresh capital â?? or loosened debt obligations â?? Carmel-based Conseco could find itself in bankruptcy or looking
for a buyer or both.
Stimulus bill could prompt physician mergers
Now that Medicare is calling for all doctors it deals with to use electronic medical records by 2015, the trend of physicians’
merging with hospitals or larger groups could hasten.
Purdue student venture fund invests in Kylin Therapeutics
Purdue University’s Student-Managed Venture Fund is betting its bank on West Lafayette-based biotech startup Kylin Therapeutics
Inc.
Health care IT firms rushing to grab share of stimulus
The stimulus bill has prompted Indiana businesses and not-for-profits that deal in medical records to look for partners to
help them meet the challenge of making those records electronic in five years.
Inspired by column
Thank you for sharing Dr. Mercy Obeime’s story so that others may feel they too can overcome any obstacles and adversities.
Wells leaves as Medicaid chief with cost-cutting plan in limbo
Dr. Jeff Wells is moving on from the Indiana Medicaid program even as a $40 million cost-savings plan he spearheaded faces
a threat in the Legislature.
Lilly relying on technology to spot management talent
An electronic succession-planning system created by Eli Lilly & Co. about seven years ago is sniffing out top talent.
Let’s set record straight on benefits
The insurance industry and [Indiana] Chamber of Commerce are providing misleading and untruthful statements to employers and
their insured members about assignment of benefits.
Nursing home column was on target
I want to commend [Tawn Parent’s Feb. 16 column] about overseeing a loved one’s care while in a nursing home or rehab facility.
Pulliam Trust sponsors support for addicts
The recovery experts at Fairbanks Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center last year launched a recovery management program, thanks to a $200,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust.
AIT Laboratories named ‘Small Business of the Year’
The Indiana Chamber of Commerce has named Indianapolis-based health care research and testing firm AIT Laboratories its 2009
Small Business of the Year.
Celebrate contemporary heroes, too
When it comes time to celebrate African-American History month, wouldn’t we be better served with profiles of young, living role models we can talk to—heroes who can talk to us? Let me submit for your consideration Mercy Obeime.
After two decades, future bright for Catheter Research Inc.
Catheter Research Inc. now is flying high—even in the midst of a bad economy.
UnitedHealthcare hopes cards bring customers
Dan Krajnovich thinks UnitedHealthcare’s new and improved swipe cards will help his company add more doctors to its network of providers, boosting its competitiveness in the marketplace.
Community Health touts integrated computer system
Community Health Network has spent three years developing a computer interface that allows doctors and nurses to view all
information and records on a patient in one viewing program.