Using Patient-Centered Digital Health Solutions to Improve Mental Health Outcomes
In recent years, digital health solutions have been developed for a variety of chronic conditions, but have yet to meet their promise. This “translation gap” represents a target for improving the state of digital health and bettering the health outcomes of patients. Mental healthcare, in particular, could benefit from digital health solutions.
Study Finds Healthcare IT Yields Incremental Improvements
Despite the widespread digitization of healthcare, a systematic review found improvements in healthcare productivity have been incremental rather than leaps and bounds. The study reviewed 975 research papers and was conducted as part of MIT’s Work of the Future project. IT applications have increased productivity, but only between 1-3%.
The Effects of Social Ties on Latinx Health Outcomes
Trey Andrews is receiving a NIH grant, focused on health disparities for Hispanic populations. He is pictured with Tierney [...]
Black Women in Academia Face Health Outcome Disparities
Black women in the US are at higher risk for negative health oucomes than White women. Preliminary results from an [...]
UK and US Have Worst Health Outcomes of Comparable Nations
The US and UK rank lowest in health outcomes of common conditions like cancer and cardiovascular conditions when compared to [...]
Physicians Recognize Social Drivers of Health but Struggle to Address Them
According to a new survey, almost all physicians are well aware of the impact of social drivers of health (SDOH) [...]
Trust as a Social Determinant of Health
Trust is key to building strong relationships between patients and providers, but new research indicates that trust has an outsized [...]
Study: High Prices May Not Translate to Better Care
The old adage “you get what you pay for” doesn’t neccesarily apply to healthcare, according to a recent study published [...]
Tralokinumab Improves Quality of Life for Teens with Atopic Dermatitis
New data released from Leo Pharma indicates that their biologic drug tralokinumab-ldrm improved quality of life, anxiety, itching, depression and [...]
Health Affairs February Issue Now Available: Racism and Health
The February issue of Health Affairs has just been released, featuring papers examining the impacts of structural racism on health. [...]
Inovalon Expands their Partnership with Walmart Inc.
Inovalon is expanding its partnership with Walmart to provide their cloud-based Data Insight services to support the company’s expanding health [...]
Report Helps Payers Understand Member Perspectives to Increase Value
A report based on a Zipari/Ipsos survey entitled “Payers Don’t Know What They Don’t Know” helps payers address their knowledge [...]
Germany’s Digital Healthcare Act and Real-World Evidence
Germany's 2019 Act to Improve Healthcare Provision through Digitization and Innovation has accelerated the implementation of digital health applications (DiGa). [...]
Insurance Design Harms Patient Health with Barriers to Access
Patient health is harmed by barriers to access caused by Insurance design, according to The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of [...]
Establishing the Value of Next-Gen Sequencing
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been touted by some as the backbone of future precision medicine approaches. This technology could help [...]
Machine Learning to Predict Reentry Rates Using Hospital RWE
Machine learning, an advanced automated data analysis method, may predict 30-day hospital readmission rates, according to a report published [...]
PharmacoEconomics Article Authors Discuss 8 Recommendations for CEAs in Diagnostic Assessments
An article published in PharmacoEconomics details eight recommendations regarding how cost-effectiveness analyses (CEAs) are used in diagnostics. The researchers call [...]
AllStripes Announces $50 Million in Series B Funding to Advance Rare Disease Research
AllStripes has raised $50 million in Series B Funding, led by Lux Capital. As a result, the organization has initiated [...]
Cerner’s First Chief Health Officer Seeks to Leverage EHR RWD to Predict Disease and Improve Patient Outcomes
According to Cerner, Nasim Afsar, MD, MBA, MHM will take on the position of Chief Health Officer in January 2022. [...]
IQVIA Publishes Data Science Lab on Improving Health Outcomes Using Home Healthcare Tools
The IQVIA Institute Human Data Science published findings from its third lab on improving patient outcomes using home healthcare tools. Key [...]
Patients Rising Initiative Issues Statement on Federal Healthcare Programs and Payer Coverage
The Patient Access and Affordability Project Patients Rising Project, a Patients Rising program, recently issued a statement regarding federal programs [...]
Roche Turns to RWE in Lung Cancer Study
Roche turned to real world evidence (RWE) to understand how a subgroup of patients with an anaplastic lymphoma kinase translocation (ALK) [...]
xCures Seeks to Improve Patient Outcomes Using Targeted Oncology RWD
xCures aims to improve the outcomes of patients with cancer using real world data (RWD) tools. Quickly identifying relevant patient [...]
Arsenal’s Value Demonstration Acquires Guidemark Health Following Recent BresMed Health Solutions and Cello Health Acquisitions
Arsenal Capital Partners has acquired Guidemark Health, following its acquisitions of Cello Health and BresMed Health Solutions last year. Arsenal’s [...]
X-Chem Announces Acquisition of Glamorous AI
X-Chem has announced its acquisition of Glamorous AI, a company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) in drug discovery research. X-Chem [...]
