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University Hospitals Case Medical Center has received the largest single donation in its 143-year history, $35 million that’s earmarked for cancer research.The donation comes from the estate of Dr. Donald J. Goodman and Ruth Weber Goodman and will go toward funding a clinical research program at UH’s Cancer Hospital, which is expected to open in [...]

A Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals researcher has received a $4.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for development of a new class of drugs to help soldiers work in high altitudes.The drugs would selectively dilate blood cells that lack oxygen, enhancing soldiers’ performance at high altitudes.The defense contract likely [...]

The much-hyped best hospital rankings from U.S. News and World Report are out again and they look a lot like they did last year.Topping the list once again is Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore — as it has for the last 20 years — followed by Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The only movement in [...]

Four of the Top 10 health systems in the nation call Ohio home, according to a report from Thomson Reuters that analyzes health systems’ quality and efficiency.Researchers from Thomson Reuters ranked 255 health systems across the nation, but listed only the Top 10, which was presented in an unordered list. The four Ohio health systems [...]

The recently announced Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center could bolster Northeast Ohio’s reputation as a hub for innovation in medical imaging technology.But it also could do a lot for the research and clinical radiology practices at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, where the center will be housed.The $38.4 [...]

The Philips Healthcare Global Advanced Imaging Innovation Center could bolster Northeast Ohio’s reputation as a hub for innovation in medical imaging technology.The $38.4 million partnership of Philips, University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University — supported by a $5 million Ohio Third Frontier grant — was announced last week. [...]

University Hospitals and Summa Health System in Ohio, and Fairview Health Services in Minnesota are among 19 members of an accountable care organization collaborative launched today by healthcare alliance Premier Inc.The “implementation” collaborative to which these hospitals belong is one of two being started by Premier, a hospital-owned company in Charlotte, North Carolina, that until [...]

Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital has appointed Dr. Michael Konstan as chairman of its pediatrics department.Konstan, who specializes in cystic fibrosis research, has been an employee of University Hospitals Case Medical Center and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine for 25 years, according to a statement from UH.Advertisement“Mike has dedicated his professional life [...]

Four Northeast Ohio institutions have received a four-year, $2.7 million federal grant to study cognitive impairment in heart failure patients.The study’s goal is to understand why heart failure patients often have trouble managing their complex medical regimen, according to a statement from Kent State University.The other collaborating institutions on the project are the Case Western [...]

UPDATE: Persons representing themselves as lawyers for University Hospitals and St. John Medical Center telephoned a coordinator of this Sunday’s rally outside St. John’s and threatened him and other event organizer with legal action in connection with the contents of this media advisory. Official response can be found at www.mobilizeohio.org.Patients, physicians and health care activists [...]