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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. For example, a child suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, a progressive neurological disease, typically requires extensive, expensive care during his lifetime. million gene therapy to treat a rare blood disorder. .

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Boston Medical Center boosts care for epileptic kids with telehealth-analytics platform

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“There were significant barriers to patients coming in,” said Dr. Laurie Douglass, director of pediatric epilepsy and EEG at Boston Medical Center and associate professor of pediatrics and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine. It has helped eliminate phone tag by providing a secure place to message. RESULTS.

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