Healthcare/Pharma

In surprise result, Alzheimer’s drug shows benefit in large trial

An experimental Alzheimer’s disease drug developed by Eisai and Biogen succeeded in a large Phase 3 trial, raising its chances for regulatory approval and boosting a long-running hypothesis about how to treat the most common cause of dementia.Trial results showed treatment with the drug, called lecanemab, slowed clinical decline by ...

Think your company could be on HHS’ drug price negotiation list? Here’s how to navigate next steps

The HHS isn’t wasting any time in implementing the drug pricing reforms laid out in the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed by Congress and signed into law this summer.This month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) carried out one of the first provisions of the law ...

Consumers concerned about rising healthcare costs as open enrollment period draws near

Open enrollment is coming soon, and foremost on everybody’s mind as these windows draw nearer is just how much health insurance will cost, according to a survey by Gravie and Wakefield Research.“Consumers are concerned about the high costs of health coverage impacting their access to healthcare, increasing medical debt and ...

AI In Healthcare Still Has A Long Journey Ahead

For many years, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has pledged the promise of vastly improving the healthcare industry. Whether through the promise of increasing access to and the understanding of data, providing ways to better navigate patient care, or better deciphering new research and development efforts, healthcare pundits have eagerly looked ...

How Healthcare Organizations Can Innovate Without Breaking the Bank

Over the last two decades, there have been significant improvements in how the healthcare industry delivers patient care. And one of the driving forces behind those improvements is the adoption of technologies that enable physicians and other healthcare professionals to make better decisions, save lives, streamline processes, and deliver a ...

Can the Adoption of Healthcare Technology Keep Up With the Pace of Innovation?

The disruption of the healthcare industry is continuing at a frenetic pace. As reported in a World Economic Forum article, $44 billion was pumped into medical innovations in 2021. Experts expect this influx to continue, all with the hopes of bringing machine learning, artificial intelligence, telehealth, and other technological and digital advancements ...

Patients as savvy consumers – demand for personalized care drives today’s digital healthcare services market

Healthcare is the business of medical relationships. However, until recently, the healthcare ecosystem has deemphasized the relationship portion of this equation. Now, healthcare innovators are trailblazing new models that empower patients to be the custodian of their own care.Welcome to the early innings of a paradigm shift in healthcare.Welcome to ...

Ten ransomware prevention strategies for healthcare providers

Throughout the pandemic, cybercriminals have continued to target healthcare organizations. Indeed, cyber-attacks on healthcare organizations globally have increased at more than double the rate of other sectors. The costs of these attacks are measured in millions and increased risks to priceless patient privacy (and healthcare providers’ reputation).With cyber-attacks continuing to ...

Healthcare’s Evolution: Agile, Secure, Hybrid Work

Whether it’s expanding service-line offerings or embracing remote work models, there have been significant changes in the way healthcare is delivered to patients and supported by providers. The culture of healthcare has long been, “If the physicians and clinicians need to be onsite, then everyone does.” While remote work did ...

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