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Boston Scientific mocks Medtronic, St. Jude Medical cardiac products. “Perhaps it was the room full of stock analysts at the posh Intercontinental Hotel in Boston that got him going, or maybe it was just some gamesmanship before this week’s Heart Rhythm Society meeting, but Boston Scientific Corp. CEO Ray Elliot threw some elbows Monday.”
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.
Latest Republican healthcare reform legislation targets insurance exchanges. “The latest Republican effort to undermine health care reform hits the House floor this week with the law of unintended consequences clearly in play. If the bill actually became law ’ an unlikely event since the Democrats still control the Senate and the White House – it would promote the federal takeover of health care, something Republicans have consistently opposed on the campaign trail.”
In This Game, Patients and Doctors Lose. Studies of drug effectiveness and safety are critically important in determining what medications should be available for doctors to prescribe. But doctors, not government bureaucrats out to pinch pennies, should be the ones doing the prescribing.”
Social media in healthcare: Researchers need to go where patients are. “Even when researchers acknowledge that patients have a role in study design, recruitment and retention, that acknowledgment is grudging.”
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.
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