Having a full view of a patient’s health story through real-world data (RWD) and evidence (RWE) is the key to improving health outcomes and advancing treatment options. Yet, many historical challenges have slowed consistent adoption, such as data standards, data holders disregarding and blocking the sharing of information, and a lack of awareness among a … Read more
Data released Wednesday by Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts revealed that mental health visits among its members have increased 100% since 2019. In response, the payer is upgrading its services. In the third quarter of 2022, BCBS Massachusetts’ members had about 8 million behavioral health visits, compared to about 4 million in 2019. The insurer … Read more
Medical software company Cerner must head to trial for a jury to decide whether its software contained design defects that caused brain damage to a 25-year-old who was undergoing surgery to remove his gallbladder. In a 2-1 decision, the Fourth Circuit said that the lower court, the Eastern District of Virginia, erred when it sided … Read more
The innovation institute run by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill teamed up with Amazon Web Services on Wednesday to create a venture studio to turn the university’s digital health research concepts into full-fledged startups. AWS’ platform beat out the other major cloud providers because it was “the most entrepreneurial,” according to Bob … Read more
To address challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic, state and federal governments provided temporary waivers and flexibilities to make telehealth more available for consumers. Now, Americans want the government to make these provisions permanent, a new one survey shows. The survey was published Thursday by advocacy group America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). It was fielded in … Read more
UpStream — a company that provides care coordination technology and services for physicians enrolled in value-based care models — raised $140 million in Series B financing on Thursday. The round brings the Greensboro, NC-based company’s total funding to nearly $185 million to date. It was co-led by investment firms Coat spirit Dragonswith participation from Avidity … Read more
Older adults are projected to outnumber kids for the first time in US history by 2034. As our population ages, preparations must be made across industries, fields of study and governments to address its evolving needs, including in clinical trials that set the standards for efficacy and safety of new treatments, especially in cancer. Ageism … Read more
More than 500 million people on the planet have chronic lung disease — all eager for better therapies. Unfortunately, the wait for novel treatment is a long and expensive one — it takes 14 years and more than $1 billion, with a failure rate of 95%, to get a single drug from research labs to … Read more
In a webinar sponsored by flipMDfrom GoodRx, panelists discussed how the company is helping healthcare businesses optimize product development, marketing and go-to-market strategy, user adoption and more – all through collaboration with practicing physicians. Panelist Dr. Gregory Hanson, co-founder of flipMD, shared how he developed the idea for flipMD when he and his wife lived … Read more
Eisai now has the most detailed look yet at the clinical trial data for its Alzheimer’s disease drug lecanemab, with results showing reductions in telltale disease indicators and a slowing of clinical decline. But the results come amid recent reports of two patient deaths in the study, raising questions about whether the benefits from the … Read more