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Exploring Next Year’s Medical Affairs Outlook

LifeSciencesIntelligence Medical affairs teams are critical in scientific communication between life sciences companies, pharmaceutical companies, or industry leaders and medical professionals or patients. The Accreditation Council for Medical Affairs notes that...

Behind Walgreens’ Move on Prescription Drug Costs, Patient Experience

PatientEngagementHIT Walgreens is pushing its newest prescription drug cost savings tool as the retail health provider continues to vie for the pharmacy as a key part of the overall patient experience. Riding tailwinds indicating that patients are increasingly...

What the 23andMe Data Breach Reveals About Credential Stuffing

HealthITSecurity Genetic testing company 23andMe notified 6.9 million individuals that their personal information was compromised in October 2023. However, 23andMe had no evidence that there was a data security incident within its systems. Instead, threat...

Predicting Next Year’s Life Sciences Outlook: Med Devices, Biopharma

LifeSciencesIntelligence For the second year, Deloitte Life Sciences leveraged its network of life sciences and healthcare executives in the industry to compile a document with life sciences outlooks for the next year. Recruiting a relatively even ratio of...

How Advocate Health Uses Patient Communication IT to Close Care Gaps

PatientEngagementHIT Advocate Health wants to be the safety net for patients managing care gaps, using patient engagement technology to streamline the scheduling process. After all, healthcare isn’t easy to navigate, especially for patients who have seen...

How a Provider-Police Collab is Expanding Virtual Mental Health Access

mHealthIntelligence Law enforcement officers play an increasingly pivotal role in connecting people with mental health conditions to healthcare services. However, amid strained resources and hospital capacity problems, law enforcement often lacks efficient...

Optimizing Cancer Care Pathways Through Precision Medicine, RWD

PharmaNewsIntelligence Personalized medicine is vital because it streamlines clinical decision-making through genetic tests or biomarkers. Essentially, personalized care lets caregivers feel more confident that a patient will respond to a specific drug or be less...

Exploring Prescription Discount Cards’ Role in Medication Adherence

PharmaNewsIntelligence Since prescription discount cards were introduced into the United States market in the early 2000s, patients and providers have leveraged them to combat rising drug costs and make medications more affordable. By enhancing drug...

How Can Medical Schools Educate Students on Artificial Intelligence?

HealthITAnalytics Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in healthcare as stakeholders work to assess how these tools can be used to drive improvements in areas like clinician burnout, population health, and precision medicine. As health systems begin...

How Nursing Homes Can Prepare for Staffing Standards, Gaps

RevCycleIntelligence After experiencing the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care facilities have prioritized strategies to improve staffing levels and care quality. The federal government has taken action, too, proposing minimum staffing standards for...

Leveraging Predictive Analytics for Effective Disease Management

LifeSciencesIntelligence Predictive analytics, a powerful tool fueled by advanced technologies and data-driven insights, is transforming how healthcare providers approach disease management. By analyzing vast amounts of patient data, predictive analytics enables...

How 4 EHR Vendors Are Leveraging Generative AI in Clinical Workflows

EHRIntelligence Fueled by the recent availability of chatbot interfaces like Chat-GPT, generative AI has become a hot topic across many industries, and healthcare is no exception. Several EHR vendors are tapping the technology to streamline administrative...

What Is a Community Health Needs Assessment?

PatientEngagementHIT A community health needs assessment (CHNA), sometimes called a community health assessment, is foundational for nonprofit healthcare organizations and a vital tool for hospitals and health systems working to improve population and public...

Using Virtual Care Tech to Curb Care Barriers in Rural South Carolina

mHealthIntelligence Rural Americans are often caught in a healthcare bind. This population is more likely to suffer from various healthcare issues, including chronic conditions, unintentional injury, and the opioid crisis, but are less able to access the...

Analyzing Data in the Medical Device Marketing Landscape

LifeSciencesIntelligence Unlike the pharmaceutical industry, which has built-in data collection strategies through prescription data, medical device companies do not have the same regulated data-tracking technologies. Understanding the importance of data and how to...

Exploring a Framework for Pediatric Data Use in Health AI Research

HealthITAnalytics The number of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-enabled medical devices authorized by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has risen in recent years as healthcare organizations have become increasingly...

Virtual Care Technologies to Support Aging in Place

mHealthIntelligence The United States population is aging — and aging fast. With the proportion of US adults 65 and over projected to skyrocket to 95 million people by 2060, healthcare utilization will undoubtedly grow, exacerbating an already...

‘Every Patient, Every Time’: Boosting Techquity in Patient Portal Use

PatientEngagementHIT For many healthcare organizations, the patient portal has become the place where patients access the healthcare system and keep coming back. It’s a wraparound digital experience that meets the moment on healthcare consumerism, but if...

Ensuring Equal Clinical Trial Access Across Vulnerable Communities

PharmaNewsIntelligence Clinical trials play a critical role in ensuring the widespread safety of medical products for patients by analyzing product efficacy, safety, and indications. Since clinical trial data is used to guide drug approvals and standards of care...