Health Services
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Digital Therapeutics: A Panacea for Care or Overvalued Health Tech?
Digital therapeutics will be one of the topics discussed at INVEST Digital Health scheduled for October 26 at Health Wildcatters headquarters in Pegasus Park in Dallas. Register today!
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Harnessing the Power of Phone Interactions in Healthcare
A human touch makes a significant difference in healthcare call interactions where an automation-dominant approach would fall short.
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The Challenges of Temperature Controlled Logistics and How to Overcome Them
MedCity News sat down with John Coleman, Business Unit Director at YSDS Life Science, to talk about the challenges of delivering temperature-sensitive goods and how to overcome them.
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Who is Supporting Family Caregivers?
The role of the family caregiver is considered part of the cycle of life. But it can be time consuming and stressful, especially if caregivers have to balance their role with a job, raising children, and other aspects of family life. The topic will be one of many discussed at the HLTH event in Las Vegas from October 8-11.
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The Evolution of Patient-Centered Clinical Trial Design
Clinical trial design will be one of the topics discussed at the upcoming INVEST Digital Health conference in Dallas on October 26. THREAD Clinical Trial Design Director Noah Goodson highlighted some of the milestones the sector has seen in recent years.
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An AI-Enabled Approach to Improve Access to Physical Therapy for Self-Insured Employers
Quantum Health has bolstered its collaboration with Sword Health by integrating MSK services to members to track home exercise, avoid unnecessary surgery and support treatment of pelvic conditions.
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Sponsored Post, Health Services
Importance of Patient Capital in Life Sciences
TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development purposes.
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A Preview of HLTH 2023: Elevate Humanity
Building on the success of HLTH last year, HLTH’s Head of Content Jody Tropeano shared why the theme for the 2023 event, Elevate Humanity, will highlight the encouraging and exciting developments in the healthcare industry across the event agenda, providing reasons for optimism.
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Canadian Showcase at MedCity INVEST Champions Healthcare Innovation
Presented by the Consulate General of Canada, the Canadian healthcare startup showcase included five companies. Technologies included a patient transfer solution, care coordination, women’s health, exercise tracking and remote monitoring for dysphagia, and mental health support.
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Which Healthcare Startups Won the MedCity INVEST Pitch Perfect Contest?
The competition saw 23 healthcare startups across biopharma, medical devices, and health tech geared for consumers/employers as well as payers/providers pitch their business plans to teams of investor judges.
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Healthcare VC Jumpstart Foundry Now Accepting Applications for Fall Funding
Early-stage healthcare innovation fund Jumpstart Foundry is accepting Fall funding applications through September 30th. Read on to find out why Jumpstart Foundry could be the missing piece in your startup’s journey to making a lasting difference in healthcare.
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Which Health Tech Startups Are Competing at MedCity INVEST?
Healthcare startups focused on solutions for payers and hospitals as well as consumers and employers will compete in the Pitch Perfect contest at MedCity INVEST May 22-24 in Chicago. Register today!
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Sponsored Post, Health Services, Health Tech
The Right Balance of Conversational AI and Human Support Makes the Most Impact on Health System Patients, Staff and Business
On the surface, it sounds like one of the simplest procedures undertaken at a health system: answering the phone. But anyone who works at a health system knows it is not that simple.
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Sponsored Post, Health Services
The Challenges of Temperature Controlled Logistics and How to Overcome Them
MedCity News sat down with John Coleman, Business Unit Director at YSDS Life Science, to talk about the challenges of delivering temperature-sensitive goods and how to overcome them.
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Bringing eCommerce Best Practices to Healthcare to Attract and Retain Patients
DexCare is sponsoring a webinar May 19 highlighting how it’s taking lessons learned from online retailers to boost traffic and applies them to their healthcare customers. To learn more, register today.
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Health Services, Payers, Legal
Ohio Sues Express Scripts, Cigna, Prime Therapeutics and Humana Calling PBMs “Modern Gangsters”
The complaint alleges multiple violations of the Valentine Act, Ohio’s antitrust law, which prohibits price fixing, controlled sales and other agreements that restrain trade and hurt competition. David Yost, the attorney general decried the practices of PBMs saying that they hurt everyday Ohioans dependent on life-saving drugs like insulin.
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Pharmacists Are Essential to Rural Access to Healthcare
Tapping into community pharmacy can bring water to these rural healthcare deserts. Studies show that nine in ten Americans live within five miles of a pharmacy and high-risk patients visited their community pharmacy an average of 35 times per year, compared to four visits to their primary care provider and nine visits to specialists.
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Improving health in one of the most complex and costly chronic conditions
Kidney care in the U.S. needs an overhaul. Changing today’s expensive, disconnected care model requires moving from volume to value.
Misha Palecek, Chief Transformation Officer, DaVita Kidney Care
