News and notes from the day in MedCity, Ohio:
Ohio State University spent $703 million on research and development in fiscal 2008, making it the 10th-largest research college in the country and seventh-largest among public universities, according to the National Science Foundation, the Columbus Dispatch reported.
A group of Ohio State researchers have handed over anonymity to become part of COSI’s Labs in Life, according to the Dispatch. Their research focuses on exercise and nutrition and, on a recent Sunday afternoon, visitors from toddlers to seniors were drawn to the glass-encased labs inhabited by scientists, student interns and their subjects.
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.
Reversing a protein deficiency through gene therapy can correct motor function, restore nerve signals and improve survival in mice that serve as a model for the lethal childhood disorder spinal muscular atrophy, new Ohio State and Nationwide Children’s Hospital research shows.
The long-promised payoff of electronic medical records, such as making doctors appointments, viewing test results and filling prescriptions online, finally is turning into reality for patients, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights broke ground Monday on construction of an 8,000-square-foot addition at its Brunswick Medical Center, according to a release. The addition will include an emergency room.
Although hospital employment was previously expected to grow 13.4 percent by 2016, almost half of Ohio hospitals already have enacted layoffs, and two-thirds are leaving vacancies unfulfilled due in part to the state budget hospital tax, according to the February issue of the Ohio Hospital Association’s HealthBeat.
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.
In 1949, Gloria Rookard had the grades to get into nursing school, but apparently the wrong skin color, according to WKYC-TV. The African American woman who learned nursing skills at Akron General Medical Center she started her own business 28 years ago — Universal Nursing Services.
The Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team will collaborate for Colon Cancer Awareness Month throughout March with an awareness and prevention campaign — Score Against Colon Cancer, according to a Clinic release. The campaign is offering a free colon cancer risk assessment that provides guidance for prevention.
The annual “Power of Love” charity gala raised $27 million this weekend for the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Cleveland radio veteran Carl E. Hirsch, who co-founded NextMedia Group, has given $1 million to the Cleveland Clinic Florida Health and Wellness Center in West Palm Beach, according to the South Florida Business Journal.
How Dr. Wayne Poll dreamed big in Ohio, from the Wall Street Journal — a snapshot of Minimally Invasive Devices in Columbus, according to the TechLife Columbus blog.
Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus recently was accepted into the CIGNA LifeSOURCE Transplant Network, becoming the first Center of Excellence for Pediatric Heart Transplant designated by the network in Ohio and one of 25 centers nationwide, according to a release.
