Highlights of the important and interesting in the world of healthcare:
Healthcare reform challenge moves forward. A federal judge has indicated that he will green-light a lawsuit filed by elected officials from 20 states who are challenging the constitutionality of the new healthcare law and its requirement that most people buy medical insurance, the New York Times reported.
Med students depressed… and ashamed. Medical students experience depression at a higher rate than the general population and attach high levels of stigma to the mental illness, according to University of Michigan research to be published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the university said.
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.
Revving Michigan’s economy. Chris Rizik, CEO and manager for Renaissance Venture Capital Fund in Ann Arbor, talked with Xconomy Detroit about how to invest in Michigan’s emerging startup economy.
It’s all about collaboration. The public has good reason to look beyond Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) disappointing track record in developing new medicines, the drug maker’s research chief, Mikael Dolsten, told investors on Monday, in this Reuters report.
Let’s work together. Offering an olive branch to insurers who resisted the health overhaul, U.S. Medicare chief Donald Berwick is appealing to health-plan executives to work with the White House on changing the country’s system of care, according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
More could afford health insurance. Nearly 29 million people would be eligible for tax credits under new healthcare law if they are buying private health insurance beginning in 2014, according to a Lewin Group report for consumer advocate Families USA, the New York Times said.
