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12/08/2020

Webinar Recap: Changing Medicine: Integrating Robotics

The past several years have shown a growing display of robotic innovation in healthcare. Startup effort in the space has been grand, but to truly be able to change medicine, buy-in from all industry players is required.

12/07/2020

Top 10 for 2021: #9 | PARP Inhibitors for Prostate Cancer

With a one-in-nine chance of diagnosis, the disease is an ever-present worry for men. Researchers are constantly looking for new options for prostate cancer resistant to therapies, including metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, or MCRPC, which is considered incurable.

Known for their success in women's cancers, poly ADP-ribose polymerase, or PARP inhibitors, have recently shown success as a targeted cancer therapy in men with similar BRCA gene mutations. While chemotherapy damages DNA as a way to hurt and kill rapidly dividing cancer cells, BRCA genes have a built-in backup plan to repair cancer DNA. PARP proteins fix this damage, allowing the cancer to grow. The inhibitor of PARP prevents repair, effectively blocking cell growth.

12/04/2020

Top 10 for 2021: #10 | Immunologics for Migraine Prophylaxis

Throbbing pain, nausea, sensitivity to light, these debilitating symptoms of a migraine are incapacitating nearly 38 million Americans, an estimated 12% of the adult population. Sufferers are forced to call off work or cancel plans, taking a toll on quality of life, career, and finances. But now, the arrival of a new class of medications is providing relief through the prevention of migraines.

12/02/2020

MIS2020 Recap: Session 2

Whether you joined us live on October 6, watched content On Demand, or have yet to engage with the 2020 Medical Innovation Summit by Cleveland Clinic, the learning opportunity remains as we continue to host recordings of the live event on our interactive platform. If you prefer to read of the insights delivered, we’ll be recapping our content by session through the end of the year, but don’t forget you have the ability to receive this knowledge first-hand through playback of our star-studded keynotes, firesides, and panels.

11/24/2020

Webinar Recap: The Emerging Robotic Ecosystem

For November’s Transformation Tuesdays content, we looked to the health ecosystem to see what’s capturing the attention of the innovator community. Robotics, as it turns out, is a topic our listeners are dying to discuss.

11/23/2020

Webinar Recap: The Payor Perspective

At the 2020 Medical Innovation Summit, adoption of digital health by payor powerhouses was a central theme. Following an introductory discussion between Cleveland Clinic CEO & President, Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD, and Gail Boudreaux, President & CEO of Anthem, the topic was woven through the event as predictions of widespread, long-term virtual care were shared. To keep this content among our priorities for innovation, we devoted a Transformation Tuesdays live webinar to the idea – once again joined by our partner, and MIS2020 Title Sponsor, Anthem. Moderated by Robert Lorenz, MD, Executive Director, Market Network Services, Cleveland Clinic, representatives from Anthem, Microsoft, and Oscar Health gathered to discuss COVID-19’s effect on virtual visit adoption rates and the open mind maintained by payors as it relates to its coverage.

11/19/2020

Cleveland Clinic Collaborates with American Greetings on MyROAD®

Cleveland Clinic has collaborated with American Greetings to create the “My Recorded On-Demand Audio Discharge Instructions (MyROAD®), a card with a pre-recorded audio message meant to improve outcomes for patients with heart failure.

11/11/2020

MIS2020 Recap: Session 1

Whether you joined us live on October 6, watched content On Demand, or have yet to engage with Cleveland Clinic’s 2020 Medical Innovation Summit, the learning opportunity remains as we continue to host recordings of the live event on our interactive platform. If you prefer to read the insights delivered, we’ll be recapping our content by session through the end of the year, but don’t forget you have the ability to receive this knowledge first-hand through playback of our star-studded keynotes, firesides, and panels.

10/19/2020

View MIS2020 Content On Demand

Cleveland Clinic’s 2020 Medical Innovation Summit was its most relevant and accessible yet, delivering virtually a full day of complimentary content. With topics like healthcare investment, data privacy, digital health integration, rapid pharmaceutical development, and more, MIS2020 held the conversations most requested by healthcare innovators, and those required to understand the necessity of continuous innovation to achieve superior care for patients worldwide. Its integration of perspectives in light of COVID-19 made the event a requirement for those looking to understand the current healthcare landscape.

09/28/2020

Webinar Recap: Socially Distant Connection through Virtual Reality

On Tuesday, September 14, some of healthcare’s greatest AR/VR experts convened virtually to discuss the technology and its applications during the COVID-19 pandemic. After setting the stage, panelists launched into a discussion of AR/VR’s eye tracking capabilities and the information it is providing as it relates to performance and digestion of information for consumers. Discussion of the technical followed with insight into the innovation’s clinical applications and power to transform workflows. The technology’s ability to connect those near and far also found its place in conversation as COVID-19 keeps care teams separate from their patients and each other.