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Vendor Notebook: new tools and acquisitions from OptumRx, ScionHealth, others

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OptumRx launched Price Edge, a tool that compares pricing for traditional generic drugs to ensure members get the lowest prescription drug prices. It's a new year, and healthcare technology vendors are rolling out their latest innovations, market approvals, acquisitions and staffing shake-ups.

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New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?

Kaiser Health News

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. “They say things like ‘We don’t treat drug addicts.’” She hopes her current doctor won’t do the same. Layman is one of the millions in the U.S.

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Zocdoc Learns What Patients Want: Primary Care Access ASAP, and the Role of Women as Chief Health Officers

Jane Sarashon

The ability to book an doctor’s appointment ASAP, care available in-person and via telehealth, and control over my care — these are key factors Zocdoc explains in the company’s What Patients Want report published this week. pap smear, gyn exam), dermatology, and mental health issues. consumers 18 and over in November 2023.

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Magnolia Regional used price transparency IT to get more CHF patients to fill their prescriptions

Healthcare It News

"With prescription drug prices rising at every turn, patients need price transparency and the ability to discuss options with their doctors during office visits," Davis advised. ADVICE FOR OTHERS.

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New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?

Kaiser Health News

Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years in her search for someone to prescribe opioids for her chronic pain. “They say things like ‘We don’t treat drug addicts.’” She hopes her current doctor won’t do the same. Layman is one of the millions in the U.S.

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Americans’ Top Sources of Stress are Money, Money, Money and Family

Health Populi

Punctuating the issue of costs, being able to pay for health care tops Americans’ list of the most important characteristic in the health care system — above being seen by a doctor in a timely matter/not long wait, sufficient time to spend with a doctor, access to specialists, prevention, and a choice of health plans.

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In U.S. Health Care, It’s Still the Prices, Stupid – But Transparency and Consumer Behavior Aren’t Working As Planned

Health Populi

Bolstering consumers’ demand for knowing costs, Metova published results from a consumer survey this week , finding that over 80% of people would be more likely to visit a doctor or seek treatment if they could see their personal out-of-pocket costs on their smartphone.