News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio:
The U.S. Department of Justice has sued Johnson & Johnson, accusing it of paying Omnicare Inc. in Covington, Ky., millions of dollars in kickbacks to buy and recommend J&J’s drugs for patients in nursing homes, the Business Courier of Cincinnati reported.
Mercy Health Partners in Cincinnati has offered 15 percent of its operating income each year to the University of Cincinnati’s College of Medicine to help resolve a dispute over Mercy buying Jewish Hospital — a move that could cause trouble for UC Health University Hospital, according to the Business Courier of Cincinnati.
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.
Irish medical products maker Covidien has filed a federal lawsuit against Cincinnati’s Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc., a unit of Johnson & Johnson, alleging patent infringement of its line of Harmonic ultrasonic surgical products, according to the Business Courier of Cincinnati.
Mayfield Heights venture capital firm Primus Capital has sponsored a leveraged recapitalization of PathGroup, a Brentwood, Tenn., company that offers diagnostic pathology services in six states for undisclosed terms, according to a Primus press release.
Medina Hospital has received a donation of $3.3 million dollars from the Medina Hospital Foundation to upgrade the hospital’s information technology, providing initial money to support the Cleveland Clinic’s MyChart electronic medical record system by the end of the year, the Medina hospital said in a statement.
Elyria’s Invacare Corp. is donating $105,000-worth of walkers, mattresses, canes, crutches, rollators, wheelchairs, and hospital aids and supplies to MedWish International to assist relief efforts in Haiti, the company said in a release.
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 CareSource Foundation in Dayton has made an emergency grant of $10,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to help aid the disaster in Haiti, the Dayton Business Journal reported.
Fifty-five-year-old Diane Hire suffered from clinical depression for 20 years until she received deep brain stimulation — an experimental treatment for depression — at the Cleveland Clinic, according to WCPN-FM.
Dr. Andrew Grande, a fellow in cerebrovascular/endovascular neurosurgery in the University of Cincinnati Department of Neurosurgery, has earned the 2010 William P. Van Wagenen Fellowship (pdf) –Â $120,000 that pays for a year of academic study abroad, according to a university release.
