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How medication management tech helps one hospital better identify interventions

CGH Medical Center is a 97-bed hospital located in Sterling, Illinois. As a small facility, preventable readmissions represent a huge financial and clinical uncertainty. The hospital knew that not taking medications as prescribed after discharge is a major driver of readmissions. Thus, it knew it needed a way to manage that risk and improve overall patient care. But the hospital didn’t have a way to monitor or intervene on these patients’ behalf or consistently track and report on these patients. The hospital contracted with PipelineRx to...

Smart Analytics Software Cures Cancer, Driving Patient-First Approach

Healthcare Tech Outlook recently interviewed Rick Dean, CEO of Oncology Analytics, about the need for “smart analytics” in cancer treatment as a way to control costs and enable providers and patients to choose the best course of treatment. Oncology Analytics is a utilization management company providing health plans with an evidence-based, technology-driven approach. “When analyzing oncology data, health plans need a partner with a clinically qualified organization to know the right questions to ask and how to translate what they find into tangible strategies they can...

Health start-up Omada is investing in virtual care so you can stop spending so much time at the doctor’s office

Digital health care company Omada Health has just raised $73 million at a valuation of about $600 million. The company is playing into the rapid growth of digital health; according to research and investment firm Rock Health, digital health startups raised $8.1 billion last year, up from $956 million in 2011. Omada started almost 10 years ago as a diabetes prevention company. Unlike traditional health care providers, the company only gets paid when its tools are effective, such as when patients lose weight or show improvement...

Aledade Celebrates 5th Birthday With the Start of 5 Accountable Care Organizations

Today, on the fifth anniversary of its founding, Aledade announced the entry of 16 accountable care organizations (ACOs) in Medicare’s new Pathways to Success program. These ACOs, five of which are newly formed this year, will begin operations on July 1, the start of the new program year. In those five years, the company has grown to operate 27 ACOs in 25 states, made up of more than 6,500 providers who together are now responsible for about 650,000 patients. Overall, Aledade’s partner providers are managing more...

Real-world evidence: the future is here

Use of real-world evidence (RWE) in the pharmaceutical industry is becoming increasingly common. It aids the clinical development process and provides important data for pricing discussions once medicines have been approved. With that in mind, PharmaPhorum’s Richard Staines spoke with Aetion President and Chief Science Officer Jeremy Rassen about how data obtained from outside the traditional randomized controlled trial setting is transforming drug research. Rassen defines real-world data as data that represents the actual experience that patients have with the medications that they have been taking....