Don’t let it be said that a telemedicine startup that bills itself as an ATM for healthcare is lacking in optimism.The top executive with Columbus, Ohio-based HealthSpot told Columbus Business First that the startup projects that it’ll hit $1 billion in annual revenue within five years. Even with the telemedicine market expected to boom in [...]

Medical products supplier Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) has released a new surgical mask that offers a better fit and features “fog-reduction technology.”Cardinal’s Smart-Seal surgical mask features a “cinch-and-hug,” single-tie design that creates a custom seal around the wearer’s nose and mouth, according to a statement from Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal.var page_count = “off”; [...]

One thing TechColumbus founder Ted Ford has learned since founding the central Ohio technology advocacy organization is that you can’t plan an entrepreneurial economy.“You can’t do a five-year plan on doing an entrepreneurial economy,” Ford told the Columbus Dispatch in a wide-ranging interview that looked back on his tenure. “We need to be willing to [...]

A Columbus, Ohio-area telemedicine startup is looking to provide hurried patients a better alternative than retail medical clinics with its virtual-doctor’s-office kiosks.HealthSpot aims to place its “Care4 Station” kiosks in locations like pharmacies, grocery stores and employer sites, and plans to begin rolling out the kiosks in the first quarter. The company plans to start [...]

Nonprofit economic development group TechColumbus has appointed its vice president for membership and marketing as interim CEO while the group searches for a permanent chief executive.Tim Haynes, who joined TechColumbus in 2006, starts as interim CEO on Jan. 1. Ted Ford, who spent six years as the group’s CEO, in October announced that he’d leave [...]

After six years at the helm of nonprofit economic development group TechColumbus, the organization’s leader is stepping down.In a prepared statement, Ford said it was “premature” to publicly discuss his future plans. TechColumbus’ board of directors has launched a search for Ford’s successor.“I think it’s time to pass the baton to the next leader and [...]

Laparoscopic surgery company Minimally Invasive Devices has released a new version of its visualization device that removes debris from the tip of a laparoscope.The new product, the FloShield PLUS, features a novel cleaning agent that allows for cleaning of the end of a laparoscope without removing it from a patient’s abdominal cavity, according to a [...]

Ohio State University spinoff EXCMR is preparing for a fourth-quarter launch of a four-site clinical test of its MRI-compatible treadmill for heart-stress testing.The clinical test’s chief goal is to compare the performance of the company’s stress test against competing alternatives and fine-tune the treadmill’s design, plus its installation and servicing processes.“Launching this pilot is an [...]

Ohio State University has received a five-year, $1.7 million grant from the federal government for a study into spinal cord injuries.Specifically, OSU researchers will study the chemical signals that drive re-growth of damaged pathways after spinal cord injury. The researchers hope to find that altering cellular behavior promotes repair of an injured spinal cord, according [...]

While just a small part of Cardinal Health‘s (NYSE:CAH) $100 billion-plus revenue, the nuclear medicine business is an important driver of higher margins for the drug distribution company.In particular, positron emission tomography (PET) radiopharmaceuticals — which are used to aid in imaging scans for cancer, heart disease and brain disorders — are poised to be [...]