Amid rampant innovation facilitated by digital healthcare delivery and support, there have been several key milestones that have improved patients’ treatment experience and increased the ease with which they’re able to interact with their care providers; one of these is the advent of telehealth medicine, or simply telehealth. The term is defined as a ...
When a patient goes to their healthcare provider, they bring with them a complex and interconnected set of circumstances that contributes to the development and exacerbation of their conditions. While it’s very common for doctors to see the person sitting before them as a composite of symptoms, and a problem to be solved, there ...
Americans just have a hard time taking their meds. Even those who elect pharmacological intervention over invasive surgery have difficulty sticking to their routine. Data from the World Health Organization indicates that medication adherence can have a more direct impact on patient outcomes than the specific treatment itself. Other analyses from the University of ...
Digital therapeutics are customized, tech-based tools that use specialized software to help treat, manage or prevent a broad spectrum of physical, mental and behavioral health conditions. They can be characterized as any approved software-based tool that treats a health issue. In a country where over 130 million people suffer from at least one ...
As the year comes to a close, we are looking back at all of the trends that shaped healthcare in 2019. Below are the ways in which healthcare has moved toward progress, shifted the new normal, and worked toward a higher standard of care this year. Value-based payments The United ...
Some medications require added support in order to be successful, and because of that, healthcare providers, pharmacists, payers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers are seeking innovative ways to provide better service. Because some of the newer drugs on the market have more complex routes of administration, hub service providers have emerged to ...
Oncolytic treatments for cancer are now being used to infect and kill cancerous tumor cells within the body. They work by alerting the immune system that something’s wrong, triggering an immune response against the tumor cells. To date, only one oncolytic virus has been approved by the Food and Drug ...
GoMo Health and Schraft’s2.0, a specialty fertility pharmacy based in Cedar Knolls, New Jersey, have launched a new interactive program to support women and their partners undergoing fertility treatments. …
Mother’s Day is coming soon, and to prepare, we are eager to join hospitals, health plans, and pharmaceutical companies to support all types of moms. Moms come in all shapes and sizes, with different goals, lifestyles, and needs. Some are new moms, while some are welcoming an empty nest. Some are working, and some are living on a tight ...
Having a baby changes everything, and it comes with many obstacles; specifically, during pregnancy, labor and delivery, and the postpartum period, there are many areas of support that should be offered by healthcare providers, friends, and family to ensure a healthy mom and baby. Prenatal Support Having a healthy pregnancy is critical to having a healthy baby. ...
