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Using AI to Amplify Care for Patients With Chronic DiseaseA critical obstacle to chronic disease management is that the patients most likely to benefit from primary care aren’t necessarily the patients who see their providers. Digital health helps providers support patients outside the traditional 4 walls of the doctor’s office.
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A Simple Program That Can Help Save Lives and MoneyCDC has created Prevent2 to help employers find those employees most at risk of diabetes.
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The Deadly Costs of InsulinIn an era when healthcare is extremely expensive, there are many opinions on how involved our federal government should be in bringing drug prices down. However, there is one particular drug-pricing crisis that many can agree needs to be addressed sooner rather than later: the insulin crisis.
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Are We Finally Ready to Rethink Prescription Drug Pricing?It's time to finally put an end to “what the market will bear” as a method of pricing prescription drugs.
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Coming Changes to Medigap PlansChanges to Medigap as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act go into action beginning next year.
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Inculcating the Patient Voice in the Development of Value ModelsTo have true utility, value models to assess the worthiness of treatments must have robust processes in place to incorporate the patient voice.
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Oncologists Are Crucial to Advancing Precision MedicineWith the dramatic shift toward precision medicine in cancer care, health systems, pharmaceutical companies and technology companies should ensure that the oncologist is at the center of their strategy.
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Improving Patient Outcomes: The Value of an Integrated ApproachOnly 20% of a person’s health can be attributed to healthcare. What happens outside the hospital and clinic doors is far more important in determining how healthy a person or population will be.
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Navigating BPCI-A Is a Time to Be BoldTaking a bold step into the world of bundled payment models can help an organization transform itself, but it could fail.
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A Better Healthcare System Starts With a High-Performing NetworkIt's time for curated, customer-centric thinking to come to healthcare, writes healthcare industry executives.
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Practice Management System for PT, OT Practices Can Help Convert More ReferralsJust as physical therapists (PT) or occupational therapists (OT) help patients overcome barriers to increased mobility, referral challenges can be overcome with the right people, processes, and technology.
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SXSW Focuses on Patient BehaviorPatient behavior is perhaps the final frontier to concur in our quest of making our population healthier. But, how can we change the health behavior of nearly 200,000,000 Americans? A SXSW panel discussed some individual approaches using innovative technology.
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4 Strategies for Combatting the Third Wave of the Opioid Epidemic: FentanylIn recent years, fatal overdoses from fentanyl have drastically increased across the nation, with the number of deaths nearly doubling each year from 2013 through 2016.
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Face-to-Face Price TransparencyWhen people seek price information before getting care, they are not just looking for data online-they are turning to providers and staff for face-to-face help.
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The MedTech Boom: Five Considerations to Optimize Viability of Health InnovationsThe future is bright with technological innovation intended to improve every corner of our lives and, accordingly, there has been a virtual explosion in advancements designed to address the many challenges faced by patients, hospitals, and healthcare professionals.
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Support the Whole Person in One Comprehensive SolutionIn this article, we'll explain how healthcare organizations can drive patient engagement and satisfaction while improving outcomes by supporting the whole person in one comprehensive digital solution.
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Will the Lack of Long-Term Safety Data Hurt PCSK9 Repatha and Praluent Reimbursement?As Amgen's Repatha (evolocumab) and Sanofi/Regeneron's Praluent (alirocumab) get closer to market, the safety question is one of the remaining pieces of the puzzle that unfortunately can't be solved immediately until real-world data starts to become available. However, as payers assess the risk-benefit of Repatha and Praluent vs the gold standard statins, there are questions that CAN be answered immediately.
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Tackling Rural Health Challenges During Rural Health Month and BeyondOrganizations should step up and improve rural health by offering new, innovative ways to improve access to the care that rural residents so desperately need.
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Do We Need to Realign Evidence-Based Versus Precision Medicine?An interview with geneticist and pathologist Gabriel Bien-Willner, MD, PhD, FCAP, on why we need to change our outlook toward precision medicine in oncology.
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The Art and Science of Wound Care NursingNational Nurses Week, celebrated May 6-12, 2017, offers an opportunity to reflect on the art and science of the profession, which combines clinical knowledge and the ability to make a difference in lives, which can only be gained through hands-on experience.
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CDC Publishes New Resource: Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic StewardshipThe CDC has now published the Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, to provide guidance for antibiotic stewardship in outpatient settings.
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Pelvic Floor Disorders (Part 2): Barriers to Effective TreatmentPatients face many obstacles to effective treatment for pelvic floor disorders.
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Do Electronic Medical Records Improve Diabetes Quality in Physician Practices?Policy makers should not expect public sector electronic medical record investments to yield substantial short-term improvements in publicly reported measures.
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Should Lower Doses of Melatonin Be Used For Older Adults?Tabula Rasa HealthCare (NASDAQ:TRHC) is a leader in providing patient-specific, data-driven technology and solutions that enable healthcare organizations to optimize medication regimens to improve patient outcomes, reduce hospitalizations, lower healthcare costs and manage risk. Medication risk management is TRHC’s lead offering, and its cloud-based software applications provide solutions for a range of payers, providers and other healthcare organizations.
