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Retail Clinics’ Growing Role in Health Care and Prescription Drug Sales

Jane Sarashon

As patients continue to morph into health consumers, facing rising out-of-pocket costs for deductibles and coinsurance shares, people are healthcare payers alongside their employers and government sponsors for insurance. For context, check out the third chart I’m sharing here from a recent survey into U.S.

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Five Public Health Needs for Digital Health Technology

The Digital Health Corner

Digital health technology has seen an incredible growth in the last few years, fueled by a combination of consumerization of wearable technologies, ubiquity of mobile devices, proliferation of technology incubators, attention by government health and regulatory agencies and involvement of large companies heretofore not focused on healthcare.

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Addressing the Diversity Challenge in Clinical Research Through Patient Advocacy

HIT Consultant

Andrew Barnhill, Head of Public Policy, Global Legal, IQVIA Alexandra Weiss, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Patient Advocacy Organizations, IQVIA Diversity is paramount to the success of clinical research, both ethically and scientifically.

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In 2023, the U.S. Will Still Be the #1 Prescription Drug Spender in the World, IQVIA Forecasts

Health Populi

Other key trends to expect leading to 2023 will be: The rise of patient advocacy roles in pharma companies. The increased use of real-world evidence (RWE) and patient involvement in clinical trials. The first FDA cleared DTx was reSET from Pear Therapeutics, cleared in November 2018. using consumer-generated technology.

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TAKE TWO: CMS’s Second Attempt to Streamline Breakthrough Device Coverage Limited to 5 Devices Per Year

Health Law Advisor

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as breakthrough devices. [1] 5] However, devices in earlier stages of the FDA approval process often lack the clinical evidence needed to satisfy the “reasonable and necessary” criteria to justify CMS’s establishment of a national coverage standard.

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