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Childhood Obesity in Ohio on the Rise, New Study Shows
Posted on June 28, 2011 | No CommentsMeanwhile, Dayton Children's says it's working with area healthcare providers to make sure they have the necessary resources available to help children and their families fight against childhood obesity, WHIO TV reports. ThirdAge -
Ohio's Senate Bill 5 will bring dramatic changes
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsSupporters of the law say that private sector workers on average pay about 23 percent of their health care costs. • Merit-based pay for teachers: Ohio's 146000 primary and secondary school teachers will be evaluated largely based on how their students Plain Dealer (blog) -
3 plead guilty in Ohio health care fraud case | WHIZ News
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsCOLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the owner of two pain management clinics in Columbus and two employees have pleaded guilty in a health care ... www.whiznews.com/.../3-plead-guilty-in-ohio-health-care-fra... -
Richland County ranks average for health
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsMANSFIELD -- Richland County residents are about as healthy as the average Ohioan . However, Ohioans eat too much, drink too much and smoke too much. That's according to the 2010 County Health Rankings, the second annual nationwide study compiled by The -
Summa CEO Sees Health Care Reform As Essential | Ohio News NetworkONN
Posted on May 6, 2011 | No CommentsAnd so I believe we have to flip that payment model and this health care reform is beginning to do that toward prevention and wellness and really population ... www.10tv.com/live/content/onnnews/.../story-omb.html?sid... -
Cleveland, Ohio Lawmaker Hopes to Extend Healthcare to Gay Partners
Posted on April 11, 2011 | No CommentsA Cleveland city councilman has introduced legislation that would extend healthcare benefits to domestic partners of city employees. ... www.gayapolis.com/news/artdisplay.php?artid=7932 -
Newsmakers Q&A: Summa CEO talks about health-care reform
Posted on April 3, 2011 | No CommentsStrauss talked about his outspoken advocacy for reform - and what's at stake for Summa - in an interview with ONN-TV's Ohio Means Business program. Q: You've gone places where, frankly, a lot of CEOs and a lot of individuals leading in the private Columbus Dispatch -
Cleveland Clinic appoints Marc Harrison CEO of Abu Dhabi hospital
Posted on April 3, 2011 | No CommentsCleveland Clinic has appointed Chief Medical Operations Officer Dr. Marc Harrison as the new CEO of its 360-bed Abu Dhabi hospital that's projected to open late next year. ... Be a Thought Leader: Join MedCitizens. Anyone can blog on MedCity News when they become a "MedCitizen." MedCitizens publish their own thoughts about current medical news and the latest issues in healthcare to the entire MedCity News audience. Click to login or learn more ... MedCity News - http://www.medcitynews.com/ -
Ohio doctors 'support' $34B in economic activity, AMA report says
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No Comments... from the recent poor economic conditions, we need to invest in areas, such as healthcare delivery, that are engines of economic activity in our state,” OSMA President Dr. Richard Ellison said. Brandon Glenn is the Ohio bureau chief for MedCity News. -
Ohio Hospitals Endeavor to Eliminate Serious Safety Events
Posted on March 24, 2011 | No CommentsAn effort to improve quality and make Ohio the safest state in the nation for healthcare has garnered national attention. US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius visited Nationwide Children's Hospital today to celebrate the