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May Is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
The weather has made a turn for the better. The grass is green again and flowers are in bloom across central New York. There’s a sense of rebirth in the air. People have renewed energy and many are...
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Spreading medical expertise around the globe
Western New York surgeons are making themselves known beyond local borders, traveling around the globe for speaking engagements and conference training sessions as well as surgeries broadcast live...
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How a former FDA boss plans to help a Google-backed company make America...
Verily Life Sciences — the Alphabet/Google spinout blending Big Data with medical devices, surgical robots, drugs and more — is bringing on former Food and Drug Administration chief Robert Califf in an...
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2017 CEOs of the Year: Andrew Dujon
When Andrew Dujon stepped in as the top executive of Waterman Village three years ago, the nonprofit organization was losing $1 million each year and was in danger of being sold or having to hire an...
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North Carolina Hospital Association taps new president
The North Carolina Hospital Association has tapped Stephen Lawler – senior vice president of the regional group for Carolinas HealthCare System – as its new president, effective July 1. Before joining...
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Docs to use marijuana to help break opiate addiction
Dr. Gina Berman and Dr. Ravi Chandiramani have teamed to open a clinic that will combine medical cannabis with alternative and traditional medical treatments to help patients with opiate addictions....
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Express Scripts' executive compensation, stock ownership and more
Express Scripts Holding Co. (Nasdaq: ESRX) is a pharmacy benefit management company serving managed care organizations, health insurers, third-party administrators, employers and other groups. Tim...
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Small business owners seek sugary drink tax exemption
Some small business owners are asking the Seattle City Council to exempt them from Mayor Ed Murray's proposed sugary beverage tax. They and farmers market associations raised concerns to councilmembers...
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San Francisco fertility startup co-founder says investing in community has...
More than 1 million married American women, ages 15 to 44, are infertile — unable to get pregnant after at least 12 months of trying, according to the National Center for Health statistics. Enter med...
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Boone Tillman proud of Aflac one-day payment program
Audrey Boone Tillman has been leading Aflac Inc.’s legal department for three years. She has been part of it for 21 years. She has been preparing for the job forever. Boone Tillman, executive vice...
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Writing a new prescription for rural hospitals
Methodist Healthcare System, one of San Antonio’s largest health care providers, is expanding an initiative its leaders believe will help more small-town hospitals gain their financial footing and help...
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Community health centers’ critical role
Two years ago, a patient walked into Jericho Road Community Health Center, pregnant with her first child. A newcomer to the country, she had neither health insurance nor a doctor. But the health center...
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Ruth Brinkley leaving KentuckyOne Health
Ruth Brinkley, president and CEO of KentuckyOne Health Inc., is leaving the company July 14. Chuck Neumann, interim president of University of Louisville Hospital, will assume the role of interim...
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California robot repair facility gets DeSoto County incentives
A local board approved property tax incentives for a public company with operations in the Mid-South. The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors approved 10-year partial property tax incentives for...
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The story behind billionaire-backed Qliance's abrupt closure: Client losses,...
Erika Bliss co-founded a primary care clinic a decade ago that aimed to shake up the health care industry. Her company, Qliance, attracted the backing of millionaires and billionaires including...
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How DFW Airport is trying to help its employees live longer
Blender bikes, standing meetings, stress downshift zones and eating with a “plant slant” are all part of a project aimed at making it easier for employees at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to...
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4 Iasis hospitals in Arizona to become part of largest private for-profit...
Four Arizona hospitals currently being operated by Franklin, Tennessee-based Iasis Healthcare LLC are set to become part of the largest private for-profit operator in the nation. Boston-based Steward...
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INC Research, InVentiv reveal post-merger executive team
Following news of their mega-merger, INC Research and inVentiv Health have named their go-forward executive team. At the time of the deal’s announcement, the companies revealed that INC Research CEO...
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Global analytics firm TeleTech may create dozens of more Central Florida jobs
An Englewood, Colo.-based company is planning to open another Central Florida location that will create dozens of news jobs, adding to its more than 1,000-person workforce in the area. TeleTech...
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Pr. George's only medical marijuana facility raises $8 million for buildout
Medical marijuana company Holistic Industries LLC has raised more than $8 million to complete building out its cultivation and processing facility in Capitol Heights, the company said Friday. Holistic...
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