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Health Care

1.
Community Impact Awards 2012: Heart Beats
Issue: March/April 2012
Author(s): Scott Patsko
Cleveland’s Health-Tech Corridor hopes to pump new life into an area between downtown and University Circle.
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Bio Diversity
Issue: March/April 2011
Author(s): Erick Trickey
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Healthy Changes?
Issue: January/February 2011
Author(s): Peter Strozniak
Northeast Ohio companies grapple with uncertainties and challenges of sweeping changes ushered in by the health care reform law.
4.
Home Bodies
Issue: January/February 2011
Author(s): Dan Hanson
Cleveland Clinic’s Medical Innovation Summit shows house calls may make a comeback, even if your doctor is hundreds of miles away.
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Big Blue Eggs and Ham
Issue: November 2009
I do not like green eggs and ham. I will not eat them, Sam-I-am. But if you found out you had a predisposition for a particular disease and eating more green eggs and ham would help you prevent it, would you eat them in a boat? Would you eat them with a goat? And what if it weren’t Sam-I-am offering the emerald eats, but Sam-IBM? As in Sam Palmisano, CEO of IBM? Palmisano spoke at the annual Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit this October and introduced IBM’s new Personal DNA Sequenc...
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A United Front
Issue: May 2006 Issue
Author(s): Karin Connelly
Richard D. Kase is a self-proclaimed jock. Name just about any sport and he’s played it. He played football in high school and college before moving on to rugby, 10K runs, baseball and racquetball. While such activities may have helped Kase, 53, lead a healthy lifestyle, the high-impact sports took a toll on his joints over the years. “I didn’t want to give up my athletic lifestyle, but I paid for it afterward,” says Kase, chairman and president of North Canton-based GDK & Co., a wealth manageme...
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Industry Experts
Issue: May 2006 Issue
Author(s): Chrissy Kadleck
Securing the future of manufacturing in Northeast Ohio in an important focus of CareWorks' services.
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Care Packages
Issue: September 2001 Issue
Author(s): Marjan Keramati
Area experts provide advice and tips for your health-care needs. Q: How are health-care providers using the Internet to better connect with and serve the needs of their clients? A: 'As a health-care management company, CorVel uses the Internet in conjunction with its own technology to help coordinate and consolidate claims-management activities online,' says George C. Smith III, CorVel Health Care Corp.'s vice president of operations. 'This allows health-care professionals to review comprehensive case i...
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Cost Control
Issue: April 2002 Issue
Author(s): Inside Business Staff
Area experts weigh in on cost-saving strategies, program options and the benefits of preventive behavior. Q: What is an easy, and often over- looked, way for an employer to reduce employee health-care costs? A : 'Ben Franklin got it right when he said that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,' says John Schaeffer, president and chairman of the North Ohio Heart Center. 'The best way to save money is to actively involve your employees in preventative care by encouraging wellness through a heal...
10.
Easy Does It
Issue: April 2001 Issue
Author(s): Karin Connelly
Rob Mier welcomes a good challenge in his workday. As director of sales and marketing for Cinecraft Productions Inc., a 62-year-old production company in Ohio City, Mier is used to the ups and downs of meeting deadlines and fulfilling clients needs. In fact, he thrives on a fast pace and a long to-do list. Some days youre really busy, and some days youre sitting on your hands. Of course, we pray for the days when were really busy, the 44-year-old says. I like fast days. I like the day to move quickly, a...