Boutros: MetroHealth can absorb county's funding cut
Jay Miller - The MetroHealth System can absorb the cut of $7.6 million that the Budish administration wants to make from the public health system’s subsidy from Cuyahoga County. But Dr. Akram Boutros,...
View ArticleAkron General Health System names Jerome Learson its director for diversity...
Lydia Coutre - Jerome Learson will serve as Akron General Health System's first director for diversity and inclusion beginning Jan. 1. Learson, currently Akron General's director of health information...
View ArticleAkron General Health System breaks ground on $43 million emergency department
Lydia Coutre - Cleveland Clinic's Akron General Health System broke ground Friday morning, Nov. 20, on its $43 million emergency department that leaders say will help meet the growing demand for...
View ArticleMercy, Summa launch major clinically integrated network
Lydia Coutré - Cincinnati-based Mercy Health and Summa Health in Akron are creating Advanced Health Select, a "network of networks" that will be the largest clinically integrated network in Ohio. The...
View ArticleJudge grants portions of Western Reserve Hospital Partners' injunction...
Lydia Coutré - A judge has denied Western Reserve Hospital Partners' request to appoint a receiver to manage and control Summa Health System's membership interest in Western Reserve Hospital. Summit...
View ArticlePrivate equity firm buys large stake in ExactCare Pharmacy
Chuck Soder - A private equity firm has bought a significant stake in ExactCare Pharmacy — one of the fastest-growing companies in Northeast Ohio. Nautic Partners of Rhode Island purchased some...
View ArticleTimocco, Cincinnati Children's Hospital to collaborate on web-based therapy...
Dan Shingler - One of Akron’s most lauded new companies has scored a coup with a Cincinnati hospital. Timocco is an Israel-based company that makes games designed to help with the development of...
View ArticleWho helps fix the caregivers?
Lydia Coutré - When MetroHealth trauma surgeon Dr. Amy McDonald has to tell parents their child has died, she wants nothing more than to sit with them, mourn with them and support them. But then the...
View ArticleMedical Mutual, MetroHealth launch CLECare insurance product
CRAIN'S CLEVELAND BUSINESS - In the wake of the demise of the HealthSpan insurance enterprise, Medical Mutual of Ohio and The MetroHealth System are hoping to scoop up some of that business with a new...
View ArticleSumma Health reveals new logo, brand
Lydia Coutré - Summa Health unveiled a new logo on Tuesday, June 7, and with it, a new brand strategy. The system hasn't updated its brand in 15 years, and the change aims to reflect Summa's ongoing...
View ArticleSarahCare finds niche with aging boomers
JUDY STRINGER - Ever heard of SarahCare? Unless you are caring for an aging loved one, probably not. Formally known as Sarah Adult Day Services Inc., it’s an adult day care company based in Canton....
View ArticleState tax credit authority approves incentives for three Northeast Ohio...
Stan Bullard - Three major investments in new offices and buildings in Northeast Ohio were approved for job creation tax credits by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority on Monday, Aug. 29, according to a...
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