CMMI Director Discusses Value-Based Care and Improving Health Equity
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) Director Liz Fowler discussed value-based payment models and improving existing healthcare models in [...]
Prescription Drug Pricing Reform Could Mean Discounts on AAP Drugs Pending Clinical Proof
As multidisciplinary stakeholders consider how to reform the prescription drug pricing structure, one recent proposal is gaining traction. Drugs pushed [...]
ICER VP Discusses Adding the Patient Voice to Value Assessments
Vice President of Patient Engagement at the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) Yvette Venable highlights the importance of [...]
IQVIA Whitepaper on Improving Diabetes Care in Europe With Insulin Smart Pens Now Available
A recent IQVIA whitepaper discusses improving access to insulin in Europe using smart pens. Ongoing challenges continue to negatively affect [...]
Can AI Improve Patient Centricity in Clinical Trials?
According to a recent discussion with leaders at healthcare solutions company Sharecare, artificial intelligence (AI) can improve patient involvement in [...]
ICON Clinical Trial Experts Discuss the Intricacies of Rare Disease Studies
Two clinical trial experts at ICON shared their thoughts on clinical trial design, including important considerations and strategies for rare [...]
Rare Disease Meeting Highlights FDA’s RDCA-DAP Research Resource
A recent rare disease meeting brought together more than 400 attendees to introduce the Rare Disease Cures Accelerator-Data and Analytics [...]
Aetion and Quinten Health Announce Partnership to Facilitate RWE Studies and Improve Patient Outcomes
Aetion and artificial intelligence (AI) company Quinten Health have announced a partnership aimed at improving real world evidence (RWE) offerings [...]
Whitepaper on Improving Patient Outcomes Using Non-Registrational Evidence
A recent Medical Affairs Professional Society (MAPS) whitepaper highlights how non-registrational evidence (nRE) can improve patient outcomes. nRE refers to [...]
Short Guide Details How Automated Data Extraction From Patient Records Informs Healthcare Decisions
Concord Technologies is offering a short guide that details how its Intelligent Data Extraction tool can provide valuable insights from [...]
Patients as Partners Issues Call for Abstracts for March 2022 Annual Meeting
Patients as Partners welcomes abstracts to be considered for its March 2022 eighth annual meeting. This meeting includes more than [...]
New GRACE Cost-Effectiveness Tool Considers Patients’ Wishes and Improves Healthcare Decision-Making
The Generalized Risk-Adjusted Cost-Effectiveness (GRACE) tool addresses some of the challenges associated with previous health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) [...]
CEO of Patient-Centered Research Organization CMTP Announces Its Closing
The Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP) will close its doors, wrote President and CEO Dr. Donna Messner. The organization [...]
Understanding Patient-Centered R&D Challenges And Future Trends
Listening to the patient perspective is an ongoing trend in research and development. However, these efforts sometimes fail to lead [...]
Pharma and Healthcare Turn to Creative Communications to Improve Patient Outcomes
A growing number of organizations are recognizing the power of creative communications in conveying a medical product’s advantages or in [...]
Vesto and Oldham Global Collaborate to Offer Financing for High Cost Therapies
Crypto company Vesto and development company Oldham Global have announced a partnership to provide financing for expensive pharmaceuticals. Payers and [...]
Freakonomics, M.D. Podcast on Medical Mysteries Now Available
In the fifth installment of Freakonomics, M.D., Dr. Bapu Jena discusses medical mysteries. He highlights the surprising case of a woman [...]
Freakonomics, M.D. Podcast on the Link Between Birthdates and the Risk of Flu
In a recent Freakonomics, M.D. podcast, Bapu Jena discusses how a child’s date of birth is linked to getting the [...]
[Podcast] Harvard Researcher Discusses the Correlation Between Heart Surgery and Grocery Store Price Tags
In a recent episode of Freakonomics, M.D., Dr. Bapu Jena discusses the surprising correlation between heart surgery and price tags [...]
[Podcast] How PBMs Profit at Your Expense
In the latest episode of ‘The Patients Rising’ Podcast, Terry and Dr. Bob examine the latest election results and what [...]
Lilly Partners with Prime Therapeutics: How Next Generation Value-based Arrangements Put Patients First
Value-based arrangements (VBA) are increasingly used, although most medicines are paid based on volume of product purchased or cost per [...]
Real-World Evidence Studies: Checking it Once, Checking it Twice…
By now, either through posts on this tHEORetically Speaking blog, the official blog of HealthEconomics.Com, or through your own personal [...]
Real-World Evidence: Why Patients Matter.
"Take 2 tablets and call me in the morning" We've moved, finally, beyond assuming that an off-the-cuff statement like “take [...]
Playing in the Real World Evidence Sandbox: Sharing, Teamwork, and Transparency
Is just playing in the same sandbox together an example of Real World Evidence (RWE) collaboration? Not really. So how [...]
