Medistar Corp. of Texas has filed an application to build a 42,610-square-foot building at 795 North Emerson Avenue, a vacant and undeveloped site about a mile south of Franciscan Health Indianapolis.
The expansion is the latest move by a large Indianapolis health system to expand cancer care, a fast-growing and competitive medical field.
Indianapolis-based Cornerstone Cos. has invested more than $84 million in recent years to buy medical office buildings, clinics and surgery centers. Now it is about to start its fifth investment fund.
The company said it needs more space after acquiring six laser beam printers. In the past decade, more than 600 spine surgeons have performed procedures using Nexxt Spine products.
The exhibit, which opens Feb. 1, covers 7,000 square feet and invites visitors to “unravel the crisis one step at a time,” with displays on the biology behind addictions, American history with other health crises, and personal stories from addicts and families.
The latest lawsuit says the company targeted young people for its flavored e-cigarettes without warning that the products were highly addictive and dangerous.
One in six Hoosier children aged 10 to 17 is obese, making Indiana among the worst states in the nation for childhood obesity, according to a new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Indianapolis-based company’s software employs machine learning to prevent health systems from ordering too many or too few tests, a mistake that can lead to missed diagnoses and costly procedures.
One of Indiana’s oldest and largest senior communities has broken ground on its fifth addition in seven years. Owner BHI Senior Living says it has a “robust waiting list” at Hoosier Village.
The new venture, called MBX Biosciences Inc., aims to develop therapeutics to treat rare endocrine disorders. The company has already raised $2.5 million in funding.
Capitol Village Healthcare, a 52-bed nursing home at 2926 N. Capitol Ave., closed earlier this year, and had received low ratings from U.S. News and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The annual rankings, now in their 30th year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making decisions about where to get care.
The move is part of IU Health’s way to address the state’s high infant mortality rate and keep all newborn services under one roof.
Jack Phillips, who has led Roche Diagnostics’ North American operations in Indianapolis since 2010, will become chief operating officer of Accelerate Diagnostics in Tucson.
An Indianapolis-based real estate company that specializes in health care properties has acquired more than 300,000 square feet of commercial office space on the city’s northeast side, including the headquarters of Community Health Network.
The company has been bleeding red ink, but its Medicare business is booming and could ring up nearly $100 million in profit this year—if the company can hire enough people to help all the seniors calling in with questions.
The goal is to make the products more affordable and accessible—and to reduce Indiana’s high smoking rate. More than 1.1 million adult Hoosiers smoke, and Indiana ranks 44th among states in smoking rate.
Patricia Martin, 58, former chief operating officer of Lilly’s diabetes division, will start her new job July 1, leading an organization that promotes and invests in the state’s life sciences sector.
DowDuPont this month spun off the agricultural chemicals, seeds and plant biotechnology firm, turning it into a standalone public company.
The school said the three-phase project will include construction and renovation of 96,000 square feet of buildings to create a science complex featuring “high-tech classrooms, modern research labs, and collaborative working spaces.”
