- Posted
- October 02, 2007
Health news summary
- Dr. Alvin Jackson, the director of the Ohio Department of Health, is supporting a new effort by the Rocking Horse Center in Clark County to become a Federal Qualified Health Clinic (FQHC), according to Rep. Ross McGregor. (Source: "State health director supports Rocking Horse effort," Springfield News-Sun, Oct. 2, 2007.) Rocking Horse was denied FQHC status in September. Jackson visited the center and the Clark County Combined Health District as part of his statewide tour of 135 health districts.
- One of the Cleveland Clinic's "biggest moneymakers and most sought-after doctors," Dr. Andrea Natale, has told patients the Clinic severed ties with him after claiming "he provided services to other institutions without the heart center's permission." Natale wrote that "he considered it his responsibility to share knowledge with others, and that he long had made it his practice to mentor young doctors around the world." (Source: "Cleveland Clinic's Dr. Andrea Natale responds to his ouster," The Plain Dealer, Oct. 2, 2007.)
- Allen Memorial Hospital in Oberlin is the first hospital in Ohio to make available to low-income patients unused prescription medicine donated by nursing homes. The pilot program allows "qualifying patients to buy up to 90 days worth of prescription drugs through the mail for about $13. The medicine, which normally costs hundreds of dollars, could be for diabetes, heart disease, blood pressure and many other illnesses and conditions." (Source: "Oberlin hospital first in state to offer low-cost prescription drugs," The Plain Dealer, Sept. 18, 2007.)
