News and notes of the day from MedCity, Ohio:
University of Cincinnati laryngologist Dr. Sid Khosla and other researchers will use a 5-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue interdisciplinary partnerships studying the causes of severe voice disorders and the most effective ways to treat them, according to a university press release.
Ohio could be on the verge of being the 18th state to pass legislation requiring physicians to give expectant mothers information on banking umbilical-cord blood, which is used to treat diseases of the blood and immune system and shows potential in treating other life-threatening ailments, according to the Plain Dealer.
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The sale of Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati to a subsidiary of Catholic Healthcare Partners will be postponed until March 1 in response to a request by Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, according to a spokesman for the hospital’s owner, the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati, Modern Healthcare reported.
People who are sick will have an easier, and cheaper, time buying a health plan, starting Jan. 1, because of changes made by the Ohio legislature, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Saint Luke’s Foundation in Cleveland has named a new chairman — Thomas Rathbone, a foundation trustee since 2005, according to Crain’s Cleveland Business.