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Ex-Theranos exec Sunny Balwani gets 13 years for fraud

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Holmes and Balwani were accused by prosecutors of using adverts and meetings to encourage doctors and patients to use its proprietary analyser and services, even though they knew they were incapable of producing reliable results for some tests. The company folded in 2018.

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Prior Authorization: Why It’s Essential in Healthcare

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Why a patient’s health insurance company gets the final say on treatment when the doctor has made a decision is a good question. Cost control One of the reasons a doctor has to send an authorization request is so the insurance company can assess whether: a) The procedure is necessary. Patient safety Patient safety is paramount.

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Curavit’s crystal ball – how will 2023 drive meaningful changes in clinical research

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We will see continued increases in remote clinical trial activities and services in 2023, such as remote monitoring, remote site staff training, remote site activation visits, remote quality management meetings, remote safety management meeting,s and more. 2018 Jul 5;1:27. November 2, 2018. NPJ Digit Med. Chapman, J. Reed, D.

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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

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According to the press release, the MHRA will be the first drug safety regulator in the world to pilot such a biobank. This would ideally allow doctors to use rapid genomic screening tests that can help them to select the safest potential treatment for a patient.

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Comparison of Humira biosimilars in the US and Europe

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For example, the cost of Humira biosimilars in Denmark decreased by 82% from September 2018 to December 2018. Further, there remains scepticism on the efficacy and safety of biosimilars. Patients may be reluctant to switch to biosimilars and doctors may have limited incentives to choose biosimilars.

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How To Write Your Medical Sales Resume With Cathy Lanzalaco

Evolve Your Success

What a great way for nurses also to leverage their experience, helping insurance companies, helping clients, and being that conduit with the doctors to be able to get the approvals for things that they need for testing and whatever that they need for their patients. I helped talk to the doctors to expedite MRIs. It taught me that.

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Steps to building a more patient-centric industry

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A 2018 NIH survey found that patients felt clinical trial participation to be inconvenient and burdensome, and nearly half (49.0%) said it disrupted their daily routine. Cloud platforms can open two-way communication channels for patients, doctors, and trial administrators to talk and share data, essentially in real-time.

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