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Q/A: Dr. Johnson Talks Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Care

by Syed Hamza Sohail 03/22/2023 Leave a Comment

Q/A: Dr. Johnson Talks Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Care

What You Should Know: - A recent study published in JAMA found that conventional genomic tests commonly used for breast cancer tumors can be less accurate for Black women. This news comes at a time when Black women with breast cancer are experiencing mortality rates that are 41% higher than white women. - Dr. Nathalie Johnson, MD FACS and President of The American Society of Breast Cancer Surgeons is among numerous doctors who advocate for Agendia and its tests which look beyond race,
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Q/A: Dr. Masturzo Talks Addressing Food Insecurity with Patients

by Fred Pennic 03/13/2023 Leave a Comment

Dr. Arti Masturzo

Today, food insecurity affects more than 41 million Americans and is prevalent among children and the elderly population. Food insecurity is defined as the limited availability of nutritionally adequate and safe food or the inability to acquire these foods in socially acceptable ways. As a result, food insecurity can exacerbate medical conditions driving up hospital/health systems patient care costs. To learn more about how healthcare providers can address food insecurity, we sat down with Dr.
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Q/A: Oatmeal Health Co-Founder Talks AI-Enabled Cancer Screening for the Underserved

by Fred Pennic 02/16/2023 Leave a Comment

Q/A: Oatmeal Health Co-Founder Talks AI-Enabled Cancer Screening for the Underserved

Today, cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Sadly, cancer disparities exist, with racial/ethnic minority, low-income, and uninsured populations suffering the greatest burden. That’s why routine cancer screening is critical to addressing cancer disparities as they have the potential to greatly reduce both incidence and mortality rates. To address this, Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to provide
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Q/A: Podimetrics CEO Talks Preventing Diabetic Amputations

by Fred Pennic 12/20/2022 Leave a Comment

Q/A: Podimetrics CEO Talks Preventing Diabetic Amputations

Diabetes prevention is one of the biggest challenges in the healthcare industry as more than 37 million Americans (11.3% of the population) suffer from this debilitating chronic disease. As we close the year out, we sat down with Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of diabetic healthcare tech company Podimetrics to learn how the industry and his company are working to implement health equity change to serve patients living with advanced diabetes. The company’s FDA-cleared SmartMat provides a
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ConcertAI CEO Talks COVID-19  & The De-Risking of Technology to Keep Trials Moving

by Fred Pennic 11/09/2022 Leave a Comment

ConcertAI CEO Talks COVID-19 & The De-Risking of Technology to Keep Trials Moving

Nothing like it had ever happened before – a global slowdown in new study starts and a massive decrease in trial accruals for open studies. The turn of events was a shock for sponsors and providers. Sudden disruptions on that scale rarely hit multiple players in an ecosystem at the same time. But that’s exactly what happened at the intersection of clinical care and clinical development during the pandemic. Researchers and clinicians were forced to change how they operated trials, and
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DeliverHealth Exec Talks Combatting Physician Burnout with Automation Tech & Data

by Fred Pennic 08/29/2022 Leave a Comment

DeliverHealth Exec Talks Combatting Physician Burnout with Automation Tech & Data

Provider burnout has shown no signs of slowing down in the past couple of years - a fact proven by a recent report found that 45% of physicians have been experiencing burnout over the past two years.  As providers and healthcare organizations continue to face burnout, staffing shortages and financial pressures, they must find a way to reduce administrative burdens while allowing for more time spent on patient care with an ultimate end goal of reducing burnout. We recently spoke with
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How Continuous Optimization of Marketing Outcomes Improves Brand Performance and Patient Outcomes – Q/A

by Fred Pennic 10/22/2021 Leave a Comment

Continuous Optimization of Marketing Outcomes Improves Brand Performance and Patient Outcomes

As fall turns to winter, pharmaceutical brand marketers and supporting teams know one thing is certain: next year’s planning cycle is upon us in earnest. With data-driven decision-making at the core of best practices, and an increasing fluency in tying aggregated, non-identified prescription data to a brand’s efforts, the evidence continues to support the Continuous Optimization approach to driving patient outcomes. The results demonstrate that not only we can improve brand performance, but also
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First Databank Clinician Addresses COVID-19 Vaccine Skepticism – Q/A

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2021

As the Biden administration ramps up its efforts to increase the access of COVID-19 vaccines to more Americans, there are a large number of Americans who are skeptical about of the COVID-19 vaccine. About 1 in 3 Americans stated they definitely or probably won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a recent poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The poll reveals while 67% of Americans plan to get vaccinated or have already done so, 15% are certain they
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Healthcare UX- How Can We Optimize Adoption for Patients & Doctors?

by Fred Pennic 02/16/2021 Leave a Comment

UX & Testing in Healthcare - How Can We Ensure Tech Adoption for All?

Due to the pandemic, recent FDA guidance acknowledges that companies conducting trials may require to put new processes in place regarding their current protocols considering virtual patients, data management, and usability. This raises the question: How to ensure and optimize user experience (UX) for patients and doctors with faster digital health adoption?  We recently spoke with Facundo Navarro, Engagement Manager at intive, a digital transformation firm
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VBC Expert Talks Best Practices to Optimize Value-Based Contracts for Providers

by Fred Pennic 01/11/2021 Leave a Comment

VBC Expert Shares Best Practices to Optimize Value-Based Contracts for Providers

In a bid to shift the foundation of healthcare reimbursement, CMS is pushing for significantly more reimbursements for Medicare and Medicaid services to be tied to value-based care (VBC) contracts. To accomplish this, tackling the biggest healthcare cost line items, such as anesthesia, will be at the top of the list. Additionally, anesthesiology, with its convoluted hospital/practice ties and complex reimbursement process, represents a prime example of the challenges and exponential potential
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