Improving the Health of Vets

The YMCA has introduced new programs geared toward improving the health of veterans. In the Business of Health, Barb Lewis talks with leadership about a diabetes program developed here that is now being used nationwide and other programs exclusively for vets.... Read More

Greenlight Guru Extends Platform

Indianapolis-based Greenlight Guru has launched a new product that is not only expected to impact job growth, but the global medical device industry.  In the Business of Health, Barb Lewis talks to the company’s CEO and co-founder about the new software.... Read More

Flu Season Outlook

Flu season is here, and already more than 55 cases have been reported in Indiana. In the Business of Health, the Indiana State Department of Health shares how it tracks outbreaks and prepares for the season.... Read More

Healing Through Art

There are many signs that it is Breast Cancer Awareness month. But at St. Vincent Health, the signs are very large works of art. The newly expanding art studio inside the St. Vincent Breast Care Centerbuilding is a prototype of what art therapy can accomplish.... Read More

IU Investing $50M in Opioid Crisis

Indiana is one of four states where the fatal drug overdose rate has more than quadrupled since 1999. Leadership from IU and IU Health explain how the school’s bold, $50 million investment will target the opioid crisis head on.... Read More

‘Catalyst’ Caine Wins Watanabe Award

Marion County Public Health Department Director Virginia Caine is this year’s Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year. BioCrossroads presented the annual award this morning at the Life Sciences Summit in Indianapolis. The organization calls Caine an "ardent voice for public health and access to medical care for the disadvantaged."... Read More

Intern Program Targets Students with Disabilities

The Eskenazi Health Foundation has received a Lilly Endowment grant to expand an internship program for students with physical and sensory disabilities. In the Business of Health, Barb Lewis discusses how this paid internship gives students a unique college to career program. ... Read More

LyoHUB Trying to Advance Freeze-Drying

Researchers are working to modernize a process that could be used in making everything from freeze-dried space foods to lifesaving wonder drugs. In the Business of Health, Barb Lewis talks about the goal of the Purdue LyoHUB.... Read More

Indiana Blood Center Hurricane Efforts

It took a Blackhawk helicopter to make a delivery of Hoosier-donated blood to Galveston, Texas. The Indiana Blood Center is helping in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and planning ahead for Hurricane Irma. ... Read More

Disabled Children to Experience VR Rides

Virtual reality is helping children with disabilities experience flying, swimming and amusement park rides in a high-tech way. In the Business of Health, Barb Lewis chats with the CFO of Metaverse Entertainment.... Read More

Hendricks Regional Health Now Hiring

One hundred new healthcare jobs are opening in Brownsburg. Hendricks Regional Health will open its new hospital in December, but it’s taking applications for RNs and PRNs and many other positions right now.... Read More

Inside Jump IN for Healthy Kids

Jump IN is an initiative focused on getting Hoosier kids and families to lead active, healthy lives.  Barb Lewis talks with the initiative’s new CEO about what the top executives and their companies are doing to help.... Read More

Whitestown Welcomes $50M Facility

Pennsylvania-based global health care company AmerisourceBergen cut the ribbon on its new $50 million distribution facility, which could employ up to 150 people. Company officials say they are responsible for producing and distributing nearly one-third of the country’s pharmaceuticals.... Read More

Biomedical Scientists Boost

Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded a $25 million grant to fund the INCITE program, a collaboration among IU School of Medicine, Indiana Biosciences Research Institute and Eli Lilly and Co. The initiative aims to attract biomedical scientists to enhance research and education and strengthen the state’s life sciences sector.... Read More

Whitestown Welcomes $50M Facility

The chief executive officer of Pennsylvania-based AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. says the company picked Whitestown for a nearly $50 million investment, in part, because of the work force it will be able to attract there. The global health care company cut the ribbon this morning on the distribution facility, which Steven Collis says could ultimately employ up to […]... Read More

Hall Render Turns Fifty

Hall Render is marking 50 years of providing legal counsel to healthcare clients. The firm is the largest healthcare-focused law firm in the United States with nearly 200attorneys serving 12 markets. ... Read More

Hall Render Turns 50

Hall Render is marking 50 years of providing legal counsel to healthcare clients. The firm is the largest healthcare-focused law firm in the United States with nearly 200 attorneys serving 12 markets.  ... Read More