Bringing the caregiver’s voice to the forefront
A panel discussion on family caregivers raised questions of how they balance those responsibilities with their jobs at the sixth annual BIO Patient and Health Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C.
A snapshot of personalized medicine in practice
Lung cancer patients stand to gain from testing, but about 75 percent of patients don’t get tests. Some of the trouble comes from providers knowing they won't be reimbursed for the time and effort, according to Andrea Ferris, president of the LUNGevity Foundation.
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Why designing patient-centered clinical trials is like conducting an orchestra
At the sixth annual BIO Patient and Health Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. this week, a discussion on clinical trial design explored some of the challenges of ensuring patient's needs are balanced with those of drug developers and regulatory needs.
“Life sciences are the biggest of big data”: a conversation with Cray’s Ted Slater
Meteorologists usually enlist the help of a huge supercomputer when they run their weather models.
Philadelphia as a laboratory for healthcare innovation: A conversation with Gary Kurtzman of Safeguard Scientifics
In his role as senior VP and managing director of Safeguard Scientifics, a venture capital firm based just outside Philadelphia, Gary Kurtzman leads the firm’s healthcare investments. So he’s perhaps a bit biased when he says that Philadelphia is the “center of the healthcare universe,” as he did in a 2016 interview.
Virtual reality has a role to play in cancer treatment and prevention
In cancer care, virtual reality could be enlisted to improve patient therapy and physician education with minimal cost to hospital systems.
The Impact Brands: Empowering Wellness Through Natural and Holistic Solutions
In an era of escalating healthcare costs and a growing preference for natural, holistic approaches to health, The Impact Brands emerges as a collective of diverse brands dedicated to supporting overall wellness through natural means.
The hidden power of nonprofits in the struggle against cancer
“Do any of us have any authority? God no. But we can bring the right people into the room who have the authority and responsibility in their own domains," said Martin Murphy, head of the CEO Roundtable on Cancer.
What stands in the way of precision medicine’s advancement? Inadequate infrastructure for data collection
Tailoring data to the individual — distilling it down from the population level, in other words — is what’s necessary for precision medicine in oncology care, but it’s still a challenge.
Here’s how some groups are surmounting barriers to help patients gain access to health records
A roundup of some of the organizations trying to help patients access their electronic health records, such as Share for Cures, the National Association for Trusted Exchange and Humetrix.
RowdMap takes on challenge of using data analytics to steer hospitals to high value care
Helping payers compensate providers on the basis of high-value care metrics will also be a growing area of focus, said RowdMap Cofounder and CSO Joshua Rosenthal.
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
You need a (interactive) map to understand the disparity of healthcare data sharing in the U.S.
A George Washington University health policy project uses an interactive map shows the time period within which each of the 50 states requires a medical record to be provided to a patient once requested.
How VR can improve OR efficiency
Orthopedics heavyweight Stryker is leveraging Microsoft's Microsoft HoloLens holographic technology to reimagine the operating room and bring efficiencies to hospitals.
In quest to revolutionize wound monitoring, Tissue Analytics adds Intermountain Healthcare
Tissue Analytics is working with Intermountain Healthcare and other health systems to provide an alternative to laser doppler technology and rulers to monitor wound healing.
Defending against medical device hacker threat, MedCrypt CEO seizes an opportunity
The cybersecurity startup identified about six basic security features that should be present on all devices, all of which MedCrypt plans to make available to companies through downloadable code.
Will cancer research atrophy under Trump administration?
Questions abound over the uncertain future of cancer research under the Trump administration, and it was a topic of interest at the Association of Community Cancer Centers' conference as well.