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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....

PipelineRx Partners with YouScript for Personalized Prescribing Capabilities

Medication management and telepharmacy company PipelineRx announced today that it has partnered with YouScript to offer powerful personalized prescribing tools on its PowerGridRx platform. YouScript is a company that offers precision prescribing analytics and clinical decision support enabling gene-based prescribing at the point of care. This partnership will help to improve patient outcomes by ensuring that each patient is on an optimal and safe medication regimen, thereby reducing risk and hospital readmissions and lowering the overall cost of care. The technology is fully integrated with electronic...

UNC Health Care Launches Innovative Fully Integrated Epic Telehealth Solution

UNC Health Care has developed a fully integrated telehealth solution that enables patients to easily access providers through enhanced functionality of their patient portal. Partnering with American Well, UNC Health Care has launched the Telehealth (clinical) app into its Epic electronic health record (EHR) workflow that now offers patients video visits and video consultations with one click. As part of this workflow, providers receive notifications and can connect with a video visit without having to leave the Epic environment or download a separate application.  Providers can...

Tyto Care Expands Availability of TytoHome to Best Buy Stores in California, Ohio, North Dakota and South Dakota

Tyto Care, the creator of the health care industry’s first all-in-one modular device and telehealth platform for on-demand, remote medical exams, today announced the expanded availability of TytoHome at select Best Buy retail stores in California, Ohio, North Dakota, and South Dakota. TytoHome is already available for all U.S. customers on BestBuy.com and in select Minnesota Best Buy locations. The expansion means that TytoHome is now available to consumers in a total of 30 Best Buy locations nationwide. LiveHealth Online, powered by American Well, is the...

New Payer-Technology Partnerships Could Be Telehealth’s Future

The healthcare industry is continually looking for novel ways to cut healthcare costs, and telehealth keeps coming up as a strategy of interest. Numerous studies have shown that implementing telehealth can help curb unnecessary doctor visits and lower costs. However, because of regulations, reimbursement, and lack of patient education about the benefits, the telehealth market hasn’t grown as expected. Enter American Well, one company that’s betting they can expand their market share by adding telehealth kiosks in offices and workplaces. The company has launched comprehensive telehealth kiosks...