In today’s precision medicine landscape, pharmaceutical companies and access teams face a critical challenge: understanding not just whether therapies work, but how they are accessed, adopted, and experienced by real-world patients. This requires going beyond traditional data sources, particularly claims data, which—while useful—often fails to capture the nuanced clinical and diagnostic steps that define the patient journey. To truly understand and improve therapy adoption, stakeholders need a
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The Overlooked Connection Between GLP-1s, Obesity, and Eating Disorders
The false belief that people with obesity do not have eating disorders is one of the most harmful misconceptions in obesity care. In reality, individuals with obesity are at a high risk for eating disorders.
The intersection of obesity, mental health, and disordered eating is complex. As GLP-1 receptor agonists (like semaglutide and tirzepatide) become more widely used for weight management, the risk of exacerbating eating disorders must be addressed. Obesity is not just a metabolic
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Keeping Patients Connected: Strategies to Reduce Attrition in a Competitive Healthcare Market
For many patients today, staying with a provider is about more than just the clinical care – it’s about feeling heard, supported and in control of their healthcare journey. As consumers grow more accustomed to on-demand, personalized experiences in every aspect of their lives, their expectations around healthcare have also evolved. They’re more likely to seek out providers who don’t just deliver quality care, but also create a positive experience through convenience and responsiveness.
For
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Automation Transforms Healthcare: Better Patient Care, Less Paperwork
Anyone who touches the healthcare industry also touches the burdensome administration and management issues that erode the resources that could be applied to patient care. Patients struggle with confusing forms and tasks, while approximately 40% of healthcare workers spend at least a quarter of their workweek on repetitive tasks. Thankfully, the industry is embracing intelligent automation (IA) as a solution to streamline operations and improve patient experiences.
Freeing Administrative
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Eliminating Cancer Treatment Side-Effects Through Targeted Drug Delivery
Last year, the American Cancer Society predicted that in 2024, the US would reach two million annual new cancer cases for the first time in history. This number is staggering and signifies that cancer is truly a disease that impacts many lives each day.
While not all of these cases result in the grueling treatment associated with chemotherapy and radiation, many of those diagnosed will face the difficult road to recovery. Patients in chemotherapy experience a range of symptoms, from
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How to Scale New Innovations in Autism Therapy
Autism acceptance differs from awareness in that acceptance reinforces the need for inclusion—an acknowledgement that neurodiversity can be a strength and that people with autism are valued, contributing members of society.
This sentiment has never been more important as the United States faces an unprecedented and fast-growing rise in autism cases. Unfortunately, against that backdrop, it’s also become clear that the way we as an industry and a health system have supported
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How Cyber Threats Are Reshaping Healthcare Revenue Cycle Strategy
The impact of any data breach cannot be overstated, especially in healthcare. Unlike other sectors, such as financial services or travel, healthcare records contain “one of one” data – medical history cannot simply be replaced or revoked, making this data uniquely valuable to threat actors.
Unfortunately, healthcare has seen a clear surge in data breaches in recent years.
Financially motivated hackers and insider threats are increasingly exploiting cybersecurity gaps that were
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Some Pets Now Get Better Medical Treatment Than Their Owners
Separate conversations with a couple of friends recently led me to a rather shocking conclusion about the provision of healthcare in the UK today.
One friend was bemoaning the experience of his mother, who is on an NHS waiting list, waiting for an operation on cataracts. The standard waiting time for this procedure, from referral to treatment, is 18 weeks, but she has already been waiting several months and has been told it could be up to a year before she receives her operation.
Meanwhile
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Hormone Optimization Goes Digital: Supporting the Next Wave of HRT and Longevity Clinics
Hormone optimization has entered a new era, where digital platforms are reshaping access to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and longevity-focused treatments. By going digital, specifically through telehealth platforms, patients and providers are experiencing a new level of convenience and efficiency in care delivery. As more patients seek personalized healthcare solutions for aging, wellness, and hormonal balance, telehealth-driven HRT clinics are experiencing rapid growth. This shift is
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Why Your Health IT Project Needs a Coach, Not Just a Manager
Project managers are no longer mere overseers of projects; they are transitioning to become coaches who lead their teams to success in the changing healthcare environment. In the healthcare technology domain, where collaboration occurs between diverse teams, the role of project managers is shifting to include team mentoring and empowerment. Technology integration into healthcare systems is complex, and leaders can bridge the communication gaps, encourage collaboration, and direct the teams
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