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The $2.8M Medicine: How Data Can Help Insurers Pay for Life-Changing Therapies Without Breaking The Bank

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Many of these treatments are drug-based gene therapies–- but they come with an extremely high price tag. Treatment with Zolgensma, a gene therapy treatment which has been shown to be effective in treating SMA, costs $2 million – a very high price tag. million gene therapy to treat a rare blood disorder. .

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A look back on 2020: reshaping the healthcare IT landscape

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Since my arrival to Penn Medicine in 2006 (back then we were known as the University of Pennsylvania Health System), I have always believed that our team should be "services" oriented and just not "systems/technology" oriented. Mike Restuccia is chief information officer of Penn Medicine.

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The great digital health reset – and how IT leaders should plan for what’s next

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But one thing is for sure: Cash, as always, is king. Region Tag: Global Edition. Big tech companies such as Amazon and Salesforce are imposing hiring freezes that will act as a release valve in the pressure cooker of the current talent market. He is the founder and CEO of Damo Consulting.

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TikTok Reveals Consumers Want Engaging Healthcare Content

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A quick search will discover that posts tagged with #DoctorsofTikTok have 8 billion views. The demand for health information content is always increasing and the a recent survey found that 65% of adults use search engines and social media. Interactive content rises to this challenge.

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How to Package and Price Embedded Analytics

Just by embedding analytics, application owners can charge 24% more for their product. How much value could you add? This framework explains how application enhancements can extend your product offerings. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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It’s Time to Give Patients “Admin Access” to Manage Their Healthcare

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That’s because the capabilities patients value most—including appointment scheduling, prescription refill requests, and bill payments—aren’t always convenient (i.e., Playing phone tag and digging up yet another username and password combination is not the kind of active involvement patients are seeking. digital) or easy to self-manage.

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Digital Health Disconnect Creates Unnecessary Roadblock to Patient Engagement

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In the race to roll out telehealth offerings and digital patient engagement tools during the height of the pandemic, many providers and health plans inadvertently created a rag-tag assortment of patient portals, health apps and clunky websites that can be impossible to navigate and even more difficult to integrate with existing tech infrastructure.

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