Here are some news/notes from a day in MedCity, Minnesota:
After two hours-plus of floor debate this afternoon, House Democrats failed to peel off a single Republican vote to override Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s veto of General Assistance Medical Care legislation, according to Politics in Minnesota. House DFLers came up three votes shy of the two-thirds majority required to enact the bill without Pawlenty’s signature.
The American Medical Association will use an electronic health records system from Ingenix, the company said Monday morning, according to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal. The Eden Prairie health care information technology said its Web-based CareTracker software is in beta testing with the Michigan State Medical Society and will launch nationwide later this year.
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.
Dorothy Hatsukami, director of University of Minnesota Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center, was named to the Food and Drug Administration’s new tobacco advisory panel, according to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee is to focus on the health impacts of menthol in cigarettes when it meets March 30 and March 31. The industry is keeping a close eye on the committee and its recommendations for regulating menthol, which is included in a growing share of the shrinking cigarette market.
ATS Medical Inc. said Monday that a Wisconsin hospital used robotic surgery to implant its stentless aortic replacement valve in a patient. The minimally invasive implantation of the ATS 3f Aortic Bioprosthesis by Dr. Husam Balkhy at the Wisconsin Heart Hospital in Milwaukee is only the second one of these procedures in the United States to be performed with robotic assistance.
