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Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center Purchases ViewRay’s MRIdian Linac for MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy

October 14, 2020
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CLEVELAND, Oct. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY) announced today that the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio has purchased the MRIdian® Linac MRI-Guided Therapy System, a cutting-edge radiation therapy device that combines the latest innovations in precision radiation delivery and ground-breaking MR-guidance.

MRIdian offers advantages for the delivery of safe and effective radiotherapy, including the ability to see the tumor and surrounding tissue during treatment, adapt the therapy in response to changes in patient anatomy and tumor size during treatment, continuous tracking of the tumor during treatment, and automatic pausing of the radiation if the tumor moves outside of the boundary. As a result, the system delivers ablative, high-dose radiation to the tumor while protecting the surrounding healthy tissue from damage.

The ability to deliver high-dose radiation treatments, referred to as stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), means patients can receive their treatment

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EmbraceCLE Community Challenge Raises Over $200,000 to Support Cleveland Nonprofits

October 12, 2020
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CLEVELAND, Oct. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In its first year, the EmbraceCLE Community Challenge, a month-long fundraiser competition sponsored by Embrace Pet Insurance, brought together the Cleveland community in support of 14 local nonprofits navigating challenging times and a landscape of uncertainty. The Challenge enabled a fun, competitive opportunity for nonprofits to raise money to help further their community-based missions for the top prize of $20,000. In addition to keeping any donations raised for their mission, the top-performing organizations walked away with cash prizes totaling $50,000 from Embrace Pet Insurance.

R.E.A.L Rottweiler Rescue was crowned the 2020 winner and received a total of $59,260 — raising $38,760, winning a $500 bonus challenge and taking home the $20,000 grand prize. The organization works to secure dogs of various breeds while assessing their personality, temperament and training before placing them in appropriate adoptive homes. To-date, they have facilitated more than 1,000 successful

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Cleveland Clinic names physician to lead virtual health

October 8, 2020
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Cleveland Clinic on Thursday announced Dr. Steven Shook, a neurologist, will serve as the health system’s virtual health lead.

Shook will report to Dr. James Merlino, Cleveland Clinic’s chief clinical transformation officer, in the new role, where he will develop and monitor the health system’s virtual health strategy. Shook will also work closely with Josette Beran, Cleveland Clinic’s chief strategy officer, according to the health system.

Merlino appointed Shook to the virtual health role after an internal search.

Shook, who joined Cleveland Clinic as a staff neurologist in 2007, teaches at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and previously served as quality improvement officer and vice chair of operations in the health system’s neurological institute.

Cleveland Clinic joins a growing number of health systems carving out telehealth leadership roles as virtual care has skyrocketed amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Telehealth proved a powerful interim avenue for physicians to continue seeing

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Health Workers Hold Pro-Biden Demonstrations in Cleveland Ahead of First Presidential Election Debate

October 1, 2020
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The Daily Beast

‘Fox & Friends’ Hosts Look On in Horror as Rudy Giuliani Blurts Out Biden Dementia Conspiracy Theory

Everyone knows that live television isn’t easy. Anything can go wrong—from a faulty connection, a verbal slip-up, or, as was the case on Tuesday morning’s Fox & Friends, Rudy Giuliani bellowing insane conspiracy theories at the nation with no obvious way to stop him.It’s always a risk to allow Giuliani to share his wildly unpredictable stream of consciousness live. The man who was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2001 has long since been reduced to sharing the latest Trumpist conspiracy theories on any cable news channel that has the budget to cover any possible subsequent defamation lawsuits.This time, his F&F hosts looked on with visible horror in their eyes as Giuliani shared his completely baseless belief that Joe Biden is suffering from dementia. If you have the

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Cleveland health director demoted in department shakeup

September 27, 2020
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A report found department leaders ‘made decisions which were profoundly and severely damaging and counterproductive to workforce trust.’

CLEVELAND — Cleveland Mayor Frank G.Jackson has announced “top-down” changes for the Cleveland Department of Public Health, including the demotion of the city’s health director and a new management structure that will place the department under the jurisdiction of the Office of Prevention, Intervention, and Opportunities for Youth and Young Adults.

The moves follow an internal investigation brought on by the loss of a crucial safe sex education grant, vacancies at the department, and complaints of low morale among employees. Most notably, Director Merle Gordon will be reassigned to the new role of executive manager of population health, while Environment Commissioner Brian Kimball will take over as interim health director for the time being.

Jackson released the following statement:

“I have made substantial changes within the Cleveland Department of Public Health to

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