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Reform Update: GOP lawmakers seen as bullying navigator groups before open enrollment
By Jonathan Block | September 06, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Organizations receiving federal funds to help Americans sign up for healthcare coverage on the state insurance exchanges are coming under pressure from House Republican lawmakers who are demanding that they provide extensive information by Sept. 13.
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University Hospitals, Summa part of four-hospital alliance in Ohio
By Timothy Magaw, Crain's Cleveland Business | September 06, 2013
Four of Ohio's healthcare powerhouses — including University Hospitals and Summa Health System — have forged an alliance designed to allow the institutions to share best practices as they brace for the health industry's dramatic shift from a system that pays hospitals for the amount of...
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Ohio family speaks out about botched transplant
By Associated Press | August 31, 2013
A family is speaking out about a botched kidney transplant in which a nurse threw out a man's viable kidney just before it was to be given to his sister, saying that at first they assumed the woman had died because her scheduled surgery ended so soon.
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Forced chemo: Should court overrule Amish parents?
By John Seewer / Associated Press | August 31, 2013
A legal fight between a hospital and an Amish family in Ohio over whether doctors can force their 10-year-old daughter to resume chemotherapy after her parents stopped treatment is again raising questions about what rights parents have in making medical decisions for their children.
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Ohio hospital denies negligence in transplant case
By Associated Press | August 29, 2013
The University of Toledo Medical Center denies a family's allegations of medical negligence over a botched kidney transplant and wants the Ohio Court of Claims to dismiss the case, according to court filings.
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First ever live stream of surgery while U.S. doctor uses wearable computer
By Daily Mail (London) | August 29, 2013
The first ever U.S. live stream of an operation using Google Glass has been made by a surgeon in Ohio. The surgeon used Google Glass to consult with a distant colleague using live, point-of-view video from the operating room. The live stream was part of the exclusive Google Glass Explorer Program,...
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MedData names Barnes CEO
By Rachel Landen | August 28, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
MedData, a Brecksville, Ohio-based provider of medical revenue-cycle management services, has named Ann Barnes CEO, effective Sept. 1.
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Late News: Systems unveil joint alliance
By Gregg Blesch | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Five months ago, Community Health Systems Chairman, President and CEO Wayne Smith and Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove unveiled a partnership they explained as a means to marry clinical and data and expertise to improve quality and efficiency.
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Community Health Systems teams with Cleveland Clinic to buy Ohio system
By Modern Healthcare | August 22, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Community Health Systems and Cleveland Clinic are in talks to become joint owners of Akron (Ohio) General Health System.
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Nurse gets 12 years in patient hit man plot
By Associated Press | August 22, 2013
A former Cleveland Clinic nurse was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for trying to hire an emergency room patient as a hit man.
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