News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio:
A sale of Youngstown’s Forum Health, which is reorganizing under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, to Nashville, Tenn., hospital system Ardent Health Services hinges on successful negotiations with unions representing about 3,500 Forum workers, unnamed sources told the Tribune Chronicle.
When Gov. Ted Strickland met today with the president, vice president and other senior Obama administration officials, he asked White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers to include $700 million in additional federal Medicaid dollars for Ohio in a jobs bill Congress is considering, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
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.
Douglas Bryant, president and CEO of Quidel Corp., the San Diego company that is buying Diagnostic Hybrids in Athens, repeated his commitment during a press conference to keep Diagnostic Hybrids operations in that Ohio city, the Athens News reported.
Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute has opened its first regional Phase I/Phase II clinical trial at its Fairview and Hillcrest hospitals as part of an initiative with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to increase participation in research studies and give patients easier access to the latest treatments, according to a press release.
Procter & Gamble has acquired full ownership of MDVIP, a Florida-based concierge medical network of about 350 doctors in 28 states and the District of Columbia, in which the Cincinnati company it bought a large minority stake three years ago, according to the Business Courier of Cincinnati.
P&G also has given more than $2 million in support of the relief and rebuilding efforts in Haiti following its killer earthquake, according to a multimedia 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.
“Induced pluripotent” stem cells created at the Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility Cincinnati Children’s Hospital gives researchers there and at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine new tools to study what causes diseases and to grow genetically identical, patient-specific replacement tissues for future therapies, according to a university release.
The Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University has earned a four-year, $700,000 grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support its Med into Grad program, which incorporates medical knowledge and skills into basic science education to develop future scientists, according to a press release.
Cardinal Health has enhanced its suite of managed care services, which help pharmacies improve prescription reimbursements, according to a press release.
