News and notes from a day in MedCity, Ohio:
Cuyahoga County is close to a land deal that could keep a proposed medical mart off Cleveland’s downtown Mall, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer. By next week, the county could sign an option to buy an office building and parking garage for the mart.
Jewish Hospital and Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati said Thursday they would accept a two-month delay in their merger, setting a “firm closing date” of March 1 with the expectations that the University of Cincinnati and University Hospital could find new partners by then, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Dr. Patrick McCarthy, a well-known heart surgeon formerly of the Cleveland Clinic, who now is at the center of a rift with a colleague that has gained national attention, is staying at Northwestern Memorial Hospital despite courting other academic hospitals in the last year about possibly leaving the Chicago medical center, according to the Chicago Tribune.
A recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration safety alert recommending that hospitals using System 1, a STERIS Corp. medical instrument sterilizer, find alternatives to the system, “blindsided the company,” said Daniel Owczarski, a device analyst at Avondale Partners who covers STERIS, according to FDA News.
Ohio ranked in the top half of states for the ability of its public health system to handle emergencies, though public-health capacity is declining across the country, according to a HealthDay report in BusinessWeek.
Several Ohio hospitals were listed among 45 of the nation’s best for health information technology quality by Health IT watchdog group Leapfrog, according to Healthcare IT News.
A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The Technology Transfer Office at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland recently hosted a 10-person delegation from Italy, according to the university’s news blog.
