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Pharma’s Future Relevance Depends on Empathy, Messaging, Partnering, and Supporting Patients and Providers

Health Populi

Top-line, Accenture points to four pillars on which the pharma industry can “reinvent its relevance,” as the report title suggests: To express greater empathy, understanding the patient experience of delaying treatment, financial impacts, and mental health challenges the pandemic has caused.

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Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more

Healthcare IT Today

After receiving more than 38,000 public comments, the Drug Enforcement Administration is extending the telemedicine flexibilities for prescribing controlled medications beyond the end of the public health emergency on May 11. The silver lining: Healthcare is the leading sector, though most funds are going to biotech.

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As COVID-19 Rocks Markets, Digital Health Start-Ups Rake In Cash

Lloyd Price

Private equity and venture capital financing of digital health start-ups reached an all-time high of just over $3 billion in Q1 2020. Start-ups in the mental health arena also saw landmark levels of funding in Q1 2020, reaching an astounding total of $576 million. Users start by taking an assessment and picking a payment plan.

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Digital Health's Silk Road: Will more Chinese HealthTech companies expand to Europe?

Lloyd Price

A digital health platform for cancer patients that uses artificial intelligence to analyze patients' medical data and identify potential risks and treatment options. A digital health platform for patients with mental health conditions that uses artificial intelligence to provide cognitive behavioral therapy and other interventions.

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Prescription Drugs in the Pandemic, Year 2: Pricing Rx and Going Direct-to-Consumer

Health Populi

There is one health care public policy issue that unites U.S. We can marry up the Health Affairs prescription drug cost/UM story with the Optum/UnitedHealthcare DTC drug launch for the larger context of what U.S. voters across political party: that is the consumer-facing costs of prescription drugs.