Cleveland to host its first healthcare hackathon
The Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, the MetroHealth System and life sciences collaborative BioEnterprise will host the first-ever Cleveland Medical Hackathon in September.
Meet the geneticist leading a trio of Ohio healthcare powerhouses’ $21M charge on big data
How big is the potential of big data in healthcare? So enormous that three Ohio medical powerhouses have teamed up, set aside some $21.5 million and called on a noted computational geneticist to lead a venture that will bolster their ability to find meaning from it. Case Western Reserve University is spearheading a new Institute […]
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When Investment Rhymes with Canada
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
The after-hours doctor visit of the future arrives in Ohio via telemedicine kiosks
Step right up and take a look at a 5-by-8-foot device Ohio healthcare providers are hoping will keep non-urgent patients from clogging up emergency rooms and urgent care centers. University Hospitals is one of three health systems in Cleveland working with telemedicine company HealthSpot to expand the system’s reach and give patients better, cheaper access […]
Forget gravity and think like a 5-year-old: Priceline co-founder’s 6 ideas for embedding innovation in healthcare
“We’re doing fine” are the three most dangerous words in business, according to entrepreneur Jeff Hoffman. He’s co-founded several companies, including Priceline.com, whose stock broke through the $1,000-per-share barrier last month. As you can probably guess, the company didn’t get there just by being content with itself. While it’s often hard enough just getting through […]
With $46M in tow, accelerator/investor BioMotiv puts to work a new model for drug development
Nearly halfway to its goal of raising $100 million, an intriguing venture that’s part drug development accelerator and part early-stage investor has begun picking promising projects it hopes will someday become drugs that fill a market need. Cleveland-based BioMotiv said this week it added another $25 million to the $21 million it raised last fall. […]
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Where have all the independent hospitals gone? In Cleveland, gobbled up by the big guys
National hospital M&A trends have played out pointedly on the stage of greater Cleveland, which is home to two non-government hospital Goliaths, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals. That was reinforced today as Parma Community General Hospital – one of the few remaining independent hospitals which operates in the western suburbs of Cleveland – said it […]
MRIs & CT scans become virtual 3-D models in rehearsal platform for high-risk brain surgeries
Moty Avisar and Alon Geri have backgrounds in flight simulation. Dr. Warren Selman is neurosurgeon-in-chief at University Hospitals in Cleveland. Together, the three top minds behind Surgical Theater have developed a surgery rehearsal platform on which surgeons can practice the procedure they are about to perform on a specific patient and use a digital replica […]
This surgeon broke down data silos to spot hospital inefficiencies — and created a startup in the process
As a surgeon working in a hospital, Dr. Conor Delaney experienced the big data problem present in so many hospitals today. Massive amounts of useful data was being processed and stored by the hospital, but it was being processed and stored in separate silos that don’t communicate with each other. He knew there had to […]
Harrington drug discovery project’s first grants will fund cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s research
The first grants from a first-of-its-kind, $250 million drug discovery initiative based at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland will fund research projects in a broad spectrum of areas from cancer and diabetes to ALS and liver regeneration. The Harrington Discovery Institute, the nonprofit leg of the Harrington Project for Discovery & Development, announced […]
The biotech valley of death has become the uncrossable canyon. Here’s one innovative approach to funding
We often talk about innovation in terms of science and technology, but in today’s healthcare ecosystem, it’s just as important to innovate on the business side of things. That’s what the $250 million Harrington Project for Discovery & Development, a national initiative based at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, is trying to do. It comprises […]
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
How one children’s hospital cut surgical site infections by 60 percent
Surgical site infections are a nasty and persistent problem throughout the U.S. healthcare system, and affect as many as 5 percent of patients who undergo surgery. And with the rise of “superbugs,” or drug-resistant infections, the problem doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon. The cost to the U.S. health system of each […]
Patient-safety advocate speaks to hospital staff at site of daughter’s death
The father of a 2-year-old who died in 2006 due to a medication error at Cleveland’s University Hospitals returned to the site of the tragedy to stress to clinical staff the importance of openly reporting medical mistakes. “Human error is a component of medicine, but if we respond correctly when these tragedies occur, we’ve got […]
University Hospitals touts new $250M drug development model
Don’t tell University Hospitals that the valley of death doesn’t exist for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies The Cleveland-area health system has launched a new $250 million project that it’s touting as something that could become a national model for developing promising drugs and bringing them to market. The aim of the new Harrington Project for […]
Athersys, University Hospitals partner for clinical trials of MultiStem for stroke
University Hospitals Case Medical Center will be one of 25 institutions in the U.S. to take part in a phase 2 clinical trial of a stem cell treatment for stroke developed by Cleveland-based Athersys (NASDAQ:ATHX). The Plain Dealer reports that MultiStem will be administered via a one-time IV infusion to 140 patients at UH and […]
University Hospitals Eye Institute awarded $5M donation
A new $5 million donation to University Hospitals Eye Institute will enable the Cleveland hospital to expand its treatment and research into diabetic and age-related eye diseases. The gift will help University Hospitals (UH) expand services to patients and purchase imaging instruments to study retinal diseases, The Plain Dealer reported. The donation comes from the […]