During today’s annual State of the Clinic address, Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, M.D., outlined the successes of 2018 and announced a five-year strategic plan to double the number of patients served over the next 5 years, while making Cleveland Clinic “the best place for care anywhere, and the best place to work … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Again Named One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies
Cleveland Clinic has again been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, according to the Ethisphere Institute, which honors companies that drive positive change in the business community and societies around the world. For the ninth time in the past 11 years, Cleveland Clinic ranks among a group of organizations that the Ethisphere Institute considers … Read More
Cleveland Clinic-Led Research Finds Rivaroxaban Significantly Reduces Blood Clots and Blood Clot-related Death in Cancer Patients
Cleveland Clinic research has found that the blood thinner rivaroxaban significantly reduces venous thromboembolism (VTE) – a blood clot in the venous system – and VTE-related death for outpatient, high-risk cancer patients while they are taking the oral anticoagulant. The study results were published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Alok Khorana, M.D., … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Research Shows ‘Estimated Age’ from Exercise Stress Test is Better Indicator than Actual Age of How Long You Live
Cleveland Clinic researchers have developed a tool to calculate a person’s physiological age based on their exercise performance during a stress test and found this is a better predictor of how long they’ll live compared to their actual age. Researchers studied 126,356 patients who were referred for an exercise treadmill testing at Cleveland Clinic between … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Adds IndusHealth to Bundled Payment Program for Employers
Cleveland Clinic’s Center of Excellence Program is now offering access to complex cardiac surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute for select employers of IndusHealth, a medical travel program administrator, at little to no cost. For 24 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Cleveland Clinic’s heart program No. 1 in … Read More
Kroger To Add New Heart Surgery Benefit with Cleveland Clinic through Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Cleveland Clinic cardiac surgery expertise is now accessible at little or no cost to eligible Kroger Co. associates and dependents on the company-sponsored health care plan through the Cleveland Clinic Cardiac Concierge Program in partnership with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Ohio (Anthem) and its affiliated health plans. The program provides access to … Read More
Americans Concerned About Their Weight, but Don’t Understand Link to Heart Conditions and Overall Health
A Cleveland Clinic survey finds that while most Americans (88 percent) understand that there is a connection between a healthy heart and a healthy weight, most aren’t doing enough – or anything – to combat their own weight issues. The survey found 74 percent are concerned about their weight and 65 percent are worried about … Read More
California-based Kaweah Delta launches affiliation with Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute
VISALIA, Calif. – Kaweah Delta joined forces with Cleveland Clinic’s Heart & Vascular Institute, the No. 1 ranked heart program in the U.S., in an effort to help further elevate services for people seeking cardiovascular care in the Central Valley. As an affiliate, the two organizations will stay independent and physicians and staff in Kaweah Delta’s … Read More
Breastfeeding Rates Increase When Newborn Baths Delayed
While it has been standard practice for decades to whisk newborns off to a bath within the first few hours of their birth, a new Cleveland Clinic study found that waiting to bathe a healthy newborn 12 or more hours after birth increased the rate of breastfeeding exclusivity during the newborn hospital stay. The paper … Read More
Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health Obtains Sole Investigational New Drug License for GE180 Tracer to Detect Neuroinflammation in the Brains of Those with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Disease
Las Vegas: The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health has obtained the only Investigational New Drug (IND) to be issued by the Federal Drug Administration to test the GE180 ligand tracer, an experimental diagnostic imaging tool used to detect neuroinflammation, in the brains of those with Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Ligand tracers are … Read More