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Medical Specialists

Progress, development marked region economy in 2012, despite challenges

Gary airport soars again

Franciscan Alliance acquires Medical Specialists

MUNSTER | In a transaction valued between $15 million and $25 million, the physicians group Medical Specialists has joined Franciscan Alliance, the largest hospital system in Northwest Indiana.

Hospital, NWI physicians group might ink deal

The founder and president of a local physicians group said officials from the largest hospital system in Northwest Indiana have expressed interest in acquiring the practice.

Physician practice expands with new building

MUNSTER | The Munster-based Medical Specialists health care group is expanding with the construction of a new building at the corner of 45th and Calumet avenues.

The biggest killers in the U.S. today are chronic diseases and bad habits

Our biggest killers today no longer are infectious diseases like polio. Instead, four of the top five leading causes of death are heart disease, cancer, stroke and chronic lower respiratory diseases. Our bad habits are now our worst enemy.

U.S.' biggest killers today are chronic diseases, bad habits

From 1840 to the 1950s, a single virus spread person to person terrified families worldwide who worried their children, once infected, might be paralyzed or die if their brain or spinal cord were affected.

Some region medical providers skeptical of conversion to electronic medical records

MERRILLVILLE | Federal legislation is offering financial incentives to get physicians and hospitals to convert to electronic record-keeping, but some local medical administrators believe unintended problems could result.

Attorney accuses health care CEO of stalling during sexual harassment deposition

HAMMOND | An Illinois woman who accused the CEO of a Northwest Indiana health care organization of sexual harassment, Medicare fraud and retaliation wants more time to depose the doctor, claiming he stalled and strategically delayed questioning in December, according to court filings made th…