reports that Phillip Terrence Ragon will announce the gift to Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday.
The hospital will get $10 million a year for the next decade to bring together doctors, engineers and biologists from Massachusetts General as well as other research institutions, including Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The 59-year-old Ragon is the founder and sole owner of InterSystems Corp., a company Read the rest of this entry »

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in May.
Courses will be taught by the AIC graduate faculty and commercial fitness industry experts from around the country, according to
of Stone Hearth Fitness who is consulting with AIC on the project.
“The faculty at AIC is very excited about this new program,” says Onigman, who has met with industry leaders at the SIBEC, Club Industry, and Athletic Business conferences to introduce Read the rest of this entry »

has named Dawn Erckenbrack vice president of the company, as well as president and CEO of Jewish Hospital Medical Center South in Hillview.
Erckenbrack will begin her duties April 6, after she completes an active military assignment as chief operations officer of Ireland Community Hospital at Fort Knox, Ky.
Prior to her assignment at Ireland Community Hospital, Erckenbrack was senior health program manager and senior health policy analyst for Read the rest of this entry »

said Monday it’s named Juanell Hefner as president of its behavioral health subsidiary, Managed Health Network, or MHN, effective immediately.
Hefner, 46, formerly San Rafael-based MHN’s chief operating officer, succeeds Steven Sell, 42, who was recently named president of
“We are fortunate to have the right leader at the right time for our company,” Steven Tough, president of Health Net’s Health Plans and Government Read the rest of this entry »

But the potential for a conflict of interest will prevent Clarey from putting her knowledge of the health maintenance organization business to work on behalf of CalPERS.
Although Health Net currently holds no contracts with the giant pension fund, three of its competitors — Blue Cross of California, Blue Shield of California and Kaiser Permanente — do business with CalPERS.
“The fact that she cannot participate in healthcare discussions shouldn’t Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (Associated Press) – Colgate-Palmolive Co. said Thursday that Chief Executive Ian Cook was given the additional title of chairman.
He will replace former CEO Reuben Mark, who will give up the post on Dec. 31. Mark was chairman for 22 years.
The move is consistent with previously announced succession plans, the company said in a statement.
Colgate makes its namesake toothpaste, as well as Hill’s Science Diet pet food and Tom’s of Maine Read the rest of this entry »

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ — American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts is set to launch the world’s first
in May.
Courses will be taught by the AIC graduate faculty and commercial fitness industry experts from around the country, according to Marc Onigman of Stone Hearth Fitness who is consulting with AIC on the project.
“The faculty at AIC is very excited about this new program,” says Onigman, who has met with Read the rest of this entry »

Women’s Health USA is a leading provider of business services to
physicians in the Northeast, with a focus on providers in the women’s
health field. Among its clients are Physicians for Women’s Health, a
160-physician Ob/Gyn based group practice in Connecticut which is the
largest such group in the country, Women’s Health Professionals in Long
Island, Planned Parenthood of Connecticut, and the University of Read the rest of this entry »

DANVILLE – Provena United Samaritans Medical Center has a new chief executive.
Mike Brown, 51, has taken over as president and CEO at that hospital for David Bertauski, who previously had oversight of both the Danville hosital and Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana.
Bertauski will continue to be Covenant’s president and CEO, Provena officials said.
Brown has been with Provena since 2005 as chief operating officer and chief nurse Read the rest of this entry »

Davis said Wednesday that the lobbyists simply are part of doing business before the state hospital board. “Every single hospital hires a multitude of what they believe to be the best advisers out there so that our projects are approved,” she said.
The comments came as Davis broke years of silence to describe the stress of wearing a wire for federal investigators. As the Tribune reported in 2004, Davis wore a hidden microphone during conversations Read the rest of this entry »