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The Challenges, Potential, and Future of Digital Therapeutics in Healthcare

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Earlier this year, CMS implemented a new Level II Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) code for “prescription digital behavioral therapy,” which makes it easier for commercial and Medicaid plans to cover these therapies. Additionally.

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The Journey to Personalized Healthcare

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doctor visits, prescription pickups) and enriching our insights with the micro-moments surrounding these obvious events. The Walt Disney Company excels in designing exceptional service because they are hyper-focused on listening, tracking, designing, and measuring the experiences of guests visiting their properties.

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FDA Nod Makes Perrigo’s Opill the First Oral Contraceptive to Switch to OTC Use

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FDA approval of Opill makes it the first oral contraceptive that may be used without a prescription. Clinicians say over-the-counter availability will lower barriers to access to a key component of reproductive healthcare.

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

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One of the fastest-growing frontiers of healthcare is Digital Therapeutics (DTx), which utilizes clinically tested software to prevent, treat, and manage a growing range of medical conditions. The goal was simple: provide access and focused support to patients remotely while simultaneously relieving overtaxed healthcare facilities.

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Shifting Focus from Medication Costs to Medication Value

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To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs.

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How Cybersecurity Solutions are Helping Curb America’s Opioid Crisis [Sponsored]

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As healthcare organizations comply with the federal EPCS mandate, artificial intelligence and digital identity technologies should be utilized to detect, reduce, and remediate drug diversion.

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Access solutions: the missing link that prevents biopharma innovation from reaching patients

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However, most models are based on an old-fashioned and expensive call centre-based approach that fails to meet the needs of patients and healthcare providers (HCPs) as consumers. Yet, the healthcare experience is antiquated. entertainment or consumer apps), before it is production-worthy for mission-critical healthcare applications.