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Sorry, the Inflation Bill won’t lower healthcare costs

World of DTC Marketing

It’s no wonder that voters consistently rank bringing down prescription drug prices and other measures to reduce the cost of care as among Congress’ top priorities. Congress rightly chose to negioate drug prices for Medicare, but prescription drugs are only 10-12% of every healthcare dollar we spend.

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America’s healthcare costs are in deep crisis

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: The media loves to blame pharma companies for high healthcare costs, but unless we start to invest in healthy lifestyles, we’re headed for a healthcare crisis the likes of which we have never experienced. Forget the fact that prescription drugs only account for $.10 The explanation of why is actually quite simple.

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What Pear Therapeutics’ Bankruptcy Has Left the DTX Industry to Ponder

MedCity News

Bringing the very first prescription digital therapeutic (PDT) to market in 2017, Pear Therapeutics went above and beyond to follow suggested regulatory guidelines, obtained Food & Drug Administration (FDA) clearance, and provided solid clinical study evidence. Photo: Bulat Silvia, Getty Images

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Veradigm® Digital Health Media Works to Message the Right Physicians at the Right Time

PM360

Though 80% of healthcare providers (HCPs) identified as “rep-accessible” in 2008 (that is, willing to meet with over 70% of the sales reps who try to approach them), that number had decreased to 44% in 2017. Fierce Healthcare. Updated September 17, 2019. Updated May 13, 2019. References: 1. Finnegan J.

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Digital Self-Neuromodulation Therapy for PTSD: Interview with Oded Kraft, CEO of GrayMatters Health

Medgadget

Throughout 2016 and until mid-2019 we conducted a deep technology due diligence, as well as market research, and met and spoke with dozens of mental healthcare providers. Hendler in 2016 and we were fascinated with both her, the technology, and the paradigm shift we can drive with her in psychiatry.

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What are the Benefits of Patient Portals?

Referral MD

Under stage 2 of Meaningful Use for EHR regulations, the government required that healthcare providers offer the means to electronically exchange information securely with their patients. Prescription renewals linked to a pharmacy of choice. Easier prescription refills. Medical history and lab test results.

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New Research: Telehealth Trends Among the Commercially Insured

Clarify Health

Much like how many consumers are turning to Amazon or Instacart delivery instead of in-store shopping during the pandemic, early data suggests that large swaths of the US population are choosing telehealth encounters instead of in-person visits with their healthcare providers. In some states, the observed rate went as high as 23%.