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Our abysmal health care system

World of DTC Marketing

First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. Patients and doctors are tired, and insurance companies are raising rates after two years of making a surplus because nobody went to the doctor during the pandemic. The result:?

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The debate on DTC marketing is going to heat up again

World of DTC Marketing

Today, people don’t see a DTC TV ad and run to their doctor to ask for an Rx. They research the drug online and ask their physician about it if they decide it’s a treatment option. Second, a physician is not going to prescribe a drug a patient doesn’t need. Still, the gatekeeper continues to be their doctor.

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Are new weight loss drugs an answer or problem?

World of DTC Marketing

But before the company can make Wegovy mainstream, it has to convince doctors to prescribe it and insurers and governments to pay for it. Even if Novo Nordisk can win doctors over, it faces a more significant challenge in convincing reluctant payers. In addition, doctors may not be ready to prescribe the drug.

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How to Market to Doctors, Physicians, and Other Health Care Professionals

Healthcare Success

Marketing to doctors, physicians, surgeons, and other health care professionals can be extremely challenging, complicated, and expensive. What’s more, most doctors work in a hospital or multilocation medical practice, making it even more challenging to identify key decision-makers. Step 1: How to Define Your Doctor Audience .

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How Government Healthcare Can Prevent Global Illness

Salesforce

A few years ago, when I was working as a new physician in the San Francisco Bay Area, I joined a Meetup group focused on design and tech in the healthcare space. The problems afflicting the health industry are especially prevalent in government systems, which are slowed by political gridlock, budget constraints, and inertia.

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The biggest challenge for healthcare

World of DTC Marketing

His doctors never warned him about the disease, and he would only give himself daily injections without checking his blood sugar. All Pete’s doctors did was treat his condition. How can physicians identify and treat patients who are in constant pain and socially alone? Loneliness and physical health.

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The FDA and Aduhelm: WTF?

World of DTC Marketing

SKIMMERS SUMMARY: Jefferies analysts found doctors have shown strong interest in prescribing Aduhelm for about 35% of early-stage Alzheimer’s patients with mild cognitive impairment after surveying 50 U.S. government. government. neurologists or psychiatrists currently treating about 12,000 Alzheimer’s patients.

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