News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio:
Dr. Delos “Toby” Cosgrove, chief executive of the Cleveland Clinic, talked with Fortune’s Geoff Colvin about why healthcare reform won’t lower America’s medical costs, his decision not to hire smokers, suddenly becoming a CEO after 30 years as a surgeon, and much more.
More than 75,000 computer systems at nearly 2,500 companies in the United States — including Cardinal Health in Dublin — and around the world have been hacked in what appears to be one of the largest and most sophisticated attacks by cyber criminals discovered to date, according to a northern Virginia security firm in a Washington Post report.
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Before medical student Maggie Rosen of Columbus came to Fort Liberte, Haiti, she knew there was a clinic and she knew there were a lot of people in need after the Jan. 12 earthquake. But she didn’t know what her role would be. To meet demand, the team basically promoted her to doctor, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
The first of four regional meetings in Ohio on community health — described by one health official as “calls to action” — will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, March 5, at Delco Park in Kettering, according to the Dayton Daily News.
The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration has targeted Ohio’s displaced workers with a $5 million bioscience workforce training grant — and Lakeland Community College in Kirtland has been earmarked for about $250,000 of the total, according to the Lake County News-Herald.
A private Columbus-area health care company has offered $1.7 million for the former Twin Valley state mental hospital in Dayton and hopes to open it this year, if the state legislature approves the sale, the Dayton Daily News reported.
The Impact Brands: Empowering Wellness Through Natural and Holistic Solutions
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
Bedford Laboratories, a division of Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., has added Indomethacin for Injection to its line of generic injectable drugs, according to a PRNewswire release. This product is equivalent to Indocin by Lundbeck Inc., which is used to treat a medical complication for premature infants.
