April 3, 20232 yr ^ As l understand it what separates a quantum computer from a regular or even a super computer is its speed. It can draw computational data in minutes or hours that regular computers would take months or years to produce. That speed can take years off of basic research with chemical compounds that go into making drugs. Companies looking to develop new drugs would benefit from that much shorter timeframe as time is money in pretty much everything. Rather than wait for companies to contact the Clinic l hope the Clinic is putting the word out to medical and scientific organizations that this computer is available. In other words "Let's talk."
April 3, 20232 yr More on ARPA-H hubs: The hubs will not be actual ARPA-H centers. Instead they will be contracted organizations with a 5-year charter to act for ARPA-H. Quoting from ARPA-H solicitation: "ARPA-H will solicit respondents to identify the geographic locations sites for Hubs No. 2 and 3, issuing a draft Request for Consortium Agreement (RCA), describing the approach to identify the unique locations and capabilities that best serve the ARPA-H mission. Hub No. 2, a customer experience hub, will drive user testing, adoption, access, and trust of ARPA-H projects, taking a human-centered approach to design products and services that people need and want to use. It will also take a proactive approach to enhance clinical trials, reach representative patient populations, and capture outcomes data for future research. Hub No. 3, an investor catalyst, will provide resources to help performers bring their ideas to market. All hubs will maintain a light physical footprint – housing a small number of ARPA-H team members alongside key personnel at each hub to support agency objectives." There was a bidders conference in Washington on Mar24th attended by: Cleveland Clinic, CCF(IBM Discovery Accelerator), Jobs Ohio, Greater Cleveland Partnership, and NEO Healthcare Consortium. OSU was the only other Ohio attendee. Others present included just about everybody you can think of even remotely qualified. Award is expected in the fall of 2023, which may be optimistic, especially if there are protests. In something this big, expect protests. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
April 3, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, cadmen said: ^ As l understand it what separates a quantum computer from a regular or even a super computer is its speed. It can draw computational data in minutes or hours that regular computers would take months or years to produce. That speed can take years off of basic research with chemical compounds that go into making drugs. Companies looking to develop new drugs would benefit from that much shorter timeframe as time is money in pretty much everything. Rather than wait for companies to contact the Clinic l hope the Clinic is putting the word out to medical and scientific organizations that this computer is available. In other words "Let's talk." The potential is even higher than that, since the hope is to do in minutes or hours computations that would take standard computers incomprehensibly long amounts of time like billions or trillions of years. I.e. quantum computers will be able to do things that conventional computers cannot do. In a more hands-on sense quantum and conventional computers are totally different, since quantum is using new computational algorithms that are different from the ones we've been using for 80 years with standard computing. But the device that's installed at the Clinic just isn't all that big. No current quantum computer is. And so there's probably no problem it can solve faster than some random super computer in the IBM cloud. But because the computational process it uses is so different, this is a golden opportunity for programmers associated with the clinic and local med tech really to cut their teeth on the general concepts associated with quantum programming. The institutional expertise that will be gained could be very useful in 5-10 years when we have machines that actually can do things no conventional computer can. Also, keep in mind we're just a few years into this IBM-Clinic partnership. Expect this device to get upgraded a couple times before the decade is out.
April 3, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, Dougal said: More on ARPA-H hubs: The hubs will not be actual ARPA-H centers. Instead they will be contracted organizations with a 5-year charter to act for ARPA-H. Quoting from ARPA-H solicitation: "ARPA-H will solicit respondents to identify the geographic locations sites for Hubs No. 2 and 3, issuing a draft Request for Consortium Agreement (RCA), describing the approach to identify the unique locations and capabilities that best serve the ARPA-H mission. Hub No. 2, a customer experience hub, will drive user testing, adoption, access, and trust of ARPA-H projects, taking a human-centered approach to design products and services that people need and want to use. It will also take a proactive approach to enhance clinical trials, reach representative patient populations, and capture outcomes data for future research. Hub No. 3, an investor catalyst, will provide resources to help performers bring their ideas to market. All hubs will maintain a light physical footprint – housing a small number of ARPA-H team members alongside key personnel at each hub to support agency objectives." There was a bidders conference on in Washington Mar24th attended by: Cleveland Clinic, CCF(IBM Discovery Accelerator), Jobs Ohio, Greater Cleveland Partnership, and NEO Healthcare Consortium. OSU was the only other Ohio attendee. Others present included just about everybody you can think of even remotely qualified. Award is expected in the fall of 2023, which may be optimistic, especially if there are protests. In something this big, expect protests. Maybe I'm biased, but Cleveland for hub 2 and Boston for hub 3 seems like a no-brainer here.
April 3, 20232 yr Just now, LlamaLawyer said: Maybe I'm biased, but Cleveland for hub 2 and Boston for hub 3 seems like a no-brainer here. Could be. I think the Cleveland Clinic would be a very reasonable and defendable choice for Hub 2. Looking at conference attendance, there is massive Hub 2 interest from Texas and Georgia organizations - less but still significant from Massachusetts and New York. I wouldn't be surprised if Deputy Director Susan Monerez (who attended the Quantum Computer ceremony at the Clinic) is the selecting official at ARPA-H. Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
June 14, 20231 yr IBM says they will upgrade the Cleveland Clinic quantum computer to 127 qubits. IBM Quantum Computer Demonstrates Next Step Towards Moving Beyond Classical Supercomputing (refinitiv.com) Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
October 24, 20231 yr Read something similar to this from Allard when he was with Scene... Tax-exempt Cleveland Clinic spent only 1.5% of its revenue on charity care - among the lowest figures in the nation - while paying CEO Tomislav Mihaljevic $6.6 million...and owning $2.4B in tax-free property https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2023/10/18/cleaveland-clinic-charity-care-ceo-pay "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
October 24, 20231 yr To be fair, I don't think a CEO making $6.6 mill for a company 50,000ish employees is too out of line. But my god are they understaffed with much of existing staff... underqualified. My sister, an internist there, has been telling me horror stories for several years.
December 4, 20231 yr Some national publicity Cleveland Clinic installed one of the first quantum computers outside a lab. They are so proud of this pioneering technology, they set it up in a lobby. CBS 60 Mintues report: https://cbsn.ws/3GqAFtF "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 5, 20231 yr City, county, GCP and Clinic officials are in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. They include County Executive Ronayne, City Integrated Development Chief Epstein, GCP CEO Shah and others. They are trying to drum up business for something. Anyone know? Please use personal messaging if you prefer. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 5, 20231 yr 14 minutes ago, LlamaLawyer said: @KJP Do you think it isn't related to COP28? Didn't know that was going on (I had to Google COP28 to see what that was!), but it explains why the city's sustainability director is there, too. But how does that explain Epstein's presence? The Clinic's? Or even Baiju Shah's? Unless they're trying to market Cleveland as a place for green economy jobs/investment and climate refugees? "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 5, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, KJP said: Didn't know that was going on (I had to Google COP28 to see what that was!), but it explains why the city's sustainability director is there, too. But how does that explain Epstein's presence? The Clinic's? Or even Baiju Shah's? Unless they're trying to market Cleveland as a place for green economy jobs/investment and climate refugees? Also the Clinic got that huge donation from UAE earlier this year, so maybe they feel like they need to show up to say thank you a couple more times.
December 5, 20231 yr Unrelated: https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2023/12/05/cleveland-clinic-founding-member-of-ai-alliance-an-international-community-of-leading-technology-developers-researchers-and-adopters/ (( Alternate link: https://thealliance.ai/news )) This partnership is potentially a huge deal, and I'm glad to see the Clinic is in it. Looks like the Clinic is maybe the only healthcare partner in the world, unless the universities are trying to loop in their healthcare facilities too. So in theory if Meta or IBM or Intel or HuggingFace want to test out some new healthcare AI model, they're pitching it the Cleveland Clinic first.
December 5, 20231 yr 26 minutes ago, LlamaLawyer said: Unrelated: https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2023/12/05/cleveland-clinic-founding-member-of-ai-alliance-an-international-community-of-leading-technology-developers-researchers-and-adopters/ (( Alternate link: https://thealliance.ai/news )) This partnership is potentially a huge deal, and I'm glad to see the Clinic is in it. Looks like the Clinic is maybe the only healthcare partner in the world, unless the universities are trying to loop in their healthcare facilities too. So in theory if Meta or IBM or Intel or HuggingFace want to test out some new healthcare AI model, they're pitching it the Cleveland Clinic first. I know Amazon is aiming heavily toward AI's role in healthcare right now. They're going to be seeking med partnerships.
December 6, 20231 yr Very sad to see such a gorgeous landmark building get demolished. And disappointed apparently no other tenant was interested
December 24, 20231 yr Nice final walk through video of former TRW HQ with historical background https://youtu.be/HaeeZAphc2Q?si=FfQ45-ILI9qIZx76 Edited December 24, 20231 yr by JohnSummit add screen shot
December 24, 20231 yr Is there any chance this land gets annexed and merge with the nearby Acacia reservation? Fingers crossed
March 27, 20241 yr Arnold Schwarzenegger was in town this week for pacemaker at the clinic. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/03/26/arnold-schwarzenegger-heart-surgery-pacemaker/73104043007/
June 16, 2024Jun 16 https://www.science.org/content/article/record-settlement-over-china-funding-puts-u-s-research-institutions-notice
August 7, 2024Aug 7 The Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk is putting up over $6 million to fund twelve post-doctoral positions at the Cleveland Clinic and in Denmark. The researchers will focus on blending quantum technologies and artificial intelligence with bioresearch and clinical applications. The exchange will send Cleveland scientists to Denmark and Danish scientists to Cleveland. Quantum System One at the Clinic https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2024/08/05/novo-nordisk-foundation-and-cleveland-clinic-launch-postdoctoral-fellowship-program-targeting-biomedical-applications-of-quantum-technologies-and-ai Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
August 16, 2024Aug 16 The Cleveland Clinic is partnering with Sports Data Labs of London, UK, and San Francisco for "optimizing human performance and mitigating injuries in athletes and patients – from elite professionals to everyday individuals ..." SDL has ongoing efforts with the NFL and NBA. Joint efforts will be conducted at the Clinic's downtown riverfront sports performance center. The center's construction is expected to begin later this year and open in 2027. While the Clinic's release used the word "partners", SDL's post said "Cleveland Clinic Makes Strategic Investment in Sports Data Labs as Part of New Long-Term Partnership". So maybe some money changed hands. In an additional Cleveland connection, SDL's CEO was appointed an adjunct professor at CWRU Law School about a year ago. https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2024/08/14/cleveland-clinic-partners-with-sports-data-labs-to-advance-sports-data-collection-and-care-for-athletes-and-patients www.sportsdatalabs.com/news Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
September 19, 2024Sep 19 Canon of Japan opened Canon Medical Academy USA in on Beta Drive in Mayfield Village. Sounds familiar. Is that the same building Picker (Phillips) used for their medical training center? Anyway, phase one of the Clinic-Canon partnership is open for business. https://us.medical.canon/education/canon-medical-academy/ Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
September 19, 2024Sep 19 1 hour ago, Dougal said: Canon of Japan opened Canon Medical Academy USA in on Beta Drive in Mayfield Village. Sounds familiar. Is that the same building Picker (Phillips) used for their medical training center? Anyway, phase one of the Clinic-Canon partnership is open for business. https://us.medical.canon/education/canon-medical-academy/ I have worked in this office complex for 15 years (and have seen the Canon office, but just assumed it was copiers, etc...) - No Philips there in the past to my knowledge. I know they had a facility on Alpha Drive, right across 271.
September 19, 2024Sep 19 5 hours ago, eyehrtfood said: I have worked in this office complex for 15 years (and have seen the Canon office, but just assumed it was copiers, etc...) - No Philips there in the past to my knowledge. I know they had a facility on Alpha Drive, right across 271. I believe that was a manufacturing facility, though it could have shifted over to training at some point.
January 24Jan 24 Cleveland Clinic to lay off 114 employees By Ken Prendergast / January 24, 2025 For the first time in years, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation is laying off 114 employees throughout the global health care system. But the number of pending layoffs in the context of the scale of the system is comparatively small and hiring in other departments continues, Clinic officials said today. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/01/24/cleveland-clinic-to-lay-off-114-employees/ "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 24Jan 24 1 hour ago, KJP said: Cleveland Clinic to lay off 114 employees By Ken Prendergast / January 24, 2025 For the first time in years, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation is laying off 114 employees throughout the global health care system. But the number of pending layoffs in the context of the scale of the system is comparatively small and hiring in other departments continues, Clinic officials said today. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2025/01/24/cleveland-clinic-to-lay-off-114-employees/ That's not as gloomy as I thought it would be.
January 24Jan 24 I was expecting more too "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 24Jan 24 As a retired CCF employee l can vouch for a pretty high administrative staff level. I think there is certainly some fat there. Separate from that l can also say that l knew many people who were swamped with work and others who had plenty of time to fiddle around - not really busy at all. That's probably true in any large company though. Some jobs you HAVE to bust your butt to keep up while others are just coasting. And salary often has nothing to do with it.
January 24Jan 24 My wife works for the clinic and said that it was needed. She knows of one manager that literally had no employees under her. So there was a lot of fat there.
February 3Feb 3 On 1/24/2025 at 4:23 PM, KJP said: I was expecting more too We expect this is just a first round. They haven't completed the restructuring of or instituted the LRI position cuts yet.
February 3Feb 3 The Clinic will need to increase its staffing for the expansion of the Cole Eye Institute, the new Neurological Institute, and the Pathogen Research and Human Health Center. The growing footprint of these facilities will certainly help offset the current reduction of 114 staff.
March 1Mar 1 Clinic ranked #2 in the World. https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/worlds-best-hospitals-2025
May 7May 7 The Clinic as majority owner, in association with Regent Surgical of Tennessee, plans to develop ambulatory surgical centers nationwide all branded Cleveland Clinic.https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2025/05/cleveland-clinic-regent-surgical-to-build-ambulatory-surgery-centers-nationwide.html Remember: It's the Year of the Snake
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