A network of 14 hospitals collectively reduced the rate of neonatal birth trauma among deliveries in their facilities by 22 percent after the first two years of a program called the Premier Perinatal Safety Initiative. The majority of the 4 million childbirths each year in the U.S. result in healthy mothers and babies. But in […]
Mayo Clinic and Summa Health System are collaborating on a study on treating polycystic liver and kidney disease. The research will focus on Apatone, a drug from San Diego-based IC-MedTech that’s also being investigated for treating cancer and joint inflammation. As the name would suggest, polycystic liver and kidney disease is a disorder in which […]
In a webinar on April 16 at 1pm ET, Aneesh Chopra will moderate a discussion with executives from DocuSign, Velatura, and behavioral health providers on eConsent, health information exchange and compliance with the CMS Final Rule on interoperability.
One of Northeast Ohio’s leading physician-entrepreneurs is leaving Cleveland Clinic to join Akron’s Summa Health System. Dr. Marc Penn will become director of research for the Summa Cardiovascular Institute and also a professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) in Rootstown, according to a statement from Summa. Penn will start with Summa next month. His […]
Northeast Ohio will be the “proving ground” for the new concept of accountable care organizations — a healthcare model designed to reduce costs and improve care coordination for Medicare patients — according to a recent report from research group HealthLeaders-InterStudy. With at least three local health systems expected to establish accountable care organizations (ACOs), Northeast […]
The Ohio State University Medical Center has hired Summa Health System's chief financial officer to fill the same role. C. Michael Rutherford will be responsible for the fiscal management of the center's clinical operations and business enterprises.
Summa Health System has opened a 3,800-square-foot center for clinical research trials on its main campus in Akron. The center will support investigator-initiated and industry-sponsored clinical trials. About 400 clinical trials are underway at the health system in areas such as women's health, infectious disease and cardiology.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Medical data management company Explorys Inc. has added three Northeast Ohio hospital systems to its emerging member network that's aimed at harnessing information from burgeoning electronic records to improve patient outcomes. MetroHealth System and University Hospitals in Cleveland, and Summa Health System in Akron, are joining Cleveland Clinic, the inaugural network member that helped launch Explorys last year.
Akron Children’s Hospital is finalizing a deal to own and operate the special-care nursery at Summa Health System’s Akron City Hospital. The boards from the two hospitals are expected to approve the deal in separate meetings Thursday. Once approved, Akron Children’s will take over the 21-bed unit for premature and critically ill newborns on Jan. […]
Akron's Summa Health System has made it official: Tom DeBord is president of Summa Barberton and Summa Wadsworth-Rittman hospitals. DeBord, 47, has been interim president of the hospitals in Summit and Medina counties since July 1.
After following his father to both the University of Notre Dame and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Ian Gradisar's journey seems to have come full circle with his position at Crystal Clinic.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System is getting ready to open its first major outpatient facility in the region's fastest growing county. Summa has teamed up with Medina County-area doctors to build a 100,000-square-foot outpatient center on state Route 18 in Medina County's Medina and Montville townships. Medina County is attracting the attention of major health systems in Cleveland and Akron that are looking to draw patients from the growing area.
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 comprehensive plan for […]
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.” Last year, the Akron Beacon Journal shared the stories of […]
Summa Health System has received a $1 million gift that will go toward establishing a research fellowship for a medical resident who specializes in orthopedics. The gift comes from the family of Robert and Judy Rice, according to a statement from the Summa Foundation. The fellowship is named in honor of Dr. Robert Kepley, a […]