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The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron has received a $2.6 million Third Frontier grant for biomedical sensor research and commercialization.

Summit Data Communications is the fastest-growing computer hardware company in the Midwest, according to Inc. Magazine.

Some Summa Health System physicians will attend a lot of Kent State University varsity events during the upcoming school year as part of a partnership between the Akron health system and Kent university. Beginning with the new school year, physicians from the Summa Center for Sports Health will provide medical care to Kent State student-athletes in all varsity sports, including baseball, basketball, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

Summa Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital is undergoing a rebirth.After cutbacks in recent years that included the end of its labor and delivery unit, the community hospital in Medina County is poised for growth and expansion in targeted areas.Leadership from Wadsworth-Rittman and its owner, Summa Health System, recently completed an intensive review and [...]

Dr. Thomesha Smoot Barton knew becoming a practicing physician wouldn’t be easy.”You know that you’re going to work hard and you’re not going to sleep a lot going into it,” she said.Still, she added, ”You can’t really prepare yourself to be sleep deprived.”AdvertisementLast year, the Akron Beacon Journal shared the stories [...]

The Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron is among the big winners in a federal defense spending bill that cleared a critical U.S. House subcommittee on Tuesday.If ultimately approved by the full U.S. House and Senate and signed by the president, the measure will bring $5 million in federal money to the [...]

Vincent J. McCorkle developed an appreciation for customer service and attention to details while working for a radiologist in his hometown as a teen.That doctor opened the door to McCorkle’s future career in health-care administration by inviting him to work inside the practice in Wilmington, Del., after being impressed with [...]

Akron Children’s Hospital has hired a chief information officer to oversee information technology for its growing system.Tom Ogg comes to Akron Children’s from Oakwood Healthcare Systems in Dearborn, Michigan where he was corporate director and chief technology officer. The Oakwood system includes four acute teaching hospitals and 40 primary care/specialty care sites.Prior to that, Ogg [...]

Updated 3:35 p.m.Akron and its Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron are getting a big boost from Ohio.The city has been designated an Ohio Hub of Innovation and Opportunity in biomaterials, bringing with it a grant of $250,000 and support from the Ohio Department of Development to help it become a global leader in the [...]

In another move to relieve its itch for expansion, Akron Children’s Hospital has acquired a busy allergy practice.The pediatric hospital this month purchased the Allergy & Asthma Center of Northeast Ohio, which includes three allergy and immunology specialists.Drs. Rajeev Kishore, Ravi Karnani and Nancy Wasserbauer Kingston will continue to be located [...]