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Digiceuticals: Driving Growth Through Digital Health Services

HIT Consultant

There was tremendous interest in telemedicine before 2020. For instance, digital-first healthcare aggregators had been testing programs for telemedicine but, since 2020, the demand for telehealth services has exploded across the globe. The new normal has thrown up opportunities as well as risks for pharmaceutical companies.

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Healthcare & Life Science M&A Activity Plummets 1H’22

HIT Consultant

Supply costs are often less significant in the cost structure of PPM companies, and campaigns run by large drug companies in an effort to increase market share for pharmaceuticals coming off patent expiration may generate additional opportunities for PPM companies to achieve higher margins on J-Code drug billing. from $34.61 in CY 2023.

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Dear Digital Healthcare: Let’s Do Better

HIT Consultant

Digital health options like telemedicine and online pharmacies existed before the pandemic. Telemedicine and online pharma have their merits. Rather than set up another telemedicine visit, they are more likely to skip treatment altogether. There’s less accountability involved. We weren’t prepared. But can you blame us?

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Telemedicine Data Privacy and the Mifepristone Debates

Bill Of Health

By Katie Gu Mifepristone’s shifting legal terrain may soon raise new privacy considerations regarding telemedicine data collection, security, and disclosure. The Mifepristone Debates Mifepristone is the first medication of a two-part drug regime that accounts for approximately half of legal abortions in the United States.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

HIT Consultant

This became possible thanks to electronic health records, telemedicine, and cloud solutions. In Europe, this is GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), in America, it’s HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility.

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Employers Take on Health Activism, Embracing Behavioral Health, Virtual Care, AI, and Transparency

Health Populi

One-third of large employers will adopt new delivery and payment models like accountable care organizations and high-performing networks in 2019. One of the most concerning rising cost components in medical trend come from the pharmaceutical supply chain. orthopedic/musculoskeletal, and fertility.

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5 Key Challenges Preventing Innovation in Digital Health

HIT Consultant

Data privacy and security Within pharmaceutical , hospital, clinic and other healthcare settings, there is a need to balance the requirements of data protection and security with the need for innovation such as real-time alerting, predictive analysis, and telemedicine. million patients affected by data breaches in 2021 alone.