by Jennifer Stacey, SVP of Clinical Sciences & Operations, TriNetX January 2023 – It should be no surprise that profitability is the primary goal for pharmaceutical companies, as it allows them to continue to fund research and development (R&D) of new drugs, pay dividends to shareholders, and support their business operations. The truthful way to… Read more »
Healthcare Musings
Enabling Aggressive Growth Plans While Preserving Capital
by Colin Dittus, VP Consulting, Gibson Consultants December 2022 – At a time when the macroeconomic environment has made funding for healthcare startups increasingly challenging, employing the best talent strategies has become more critical than ever. The companies that stand out and win the battles both for investment dollars and market share will be those… Read more »
Show Me the Data: Solid Clinical Decisions Depend on Accurate Patient Records
by Colin Banas, Chief Medical Officer, DrFirst November 2022 – Physicians know this scenario well: A patient shows up with a piece of paper scribbled with lists of medications or hands over a paper bag full of old pill bottles. These scraps of information are better than nothing. Many patients have only vague recollections or… Read more »
Improve Health Equity through Connecting Data
By Enam Noor, Founder & CEO, Insightin Health October 2022 – There is something missing in healthcare industry conversations today – rarely is there any mention of the individual health plan member. It is all about segments, cohorts, and profiles. The person gets lost in all the strategizing. In those discussions, members are referred to… Read more »
Low Hanging Fruit
By Colleen Watford, Director, Executive Search, Gibson Consultants September 2022 – There’s nothing like an industry in upheaval to create opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors. Upheaval doesn’t adequately describe healthcare today. As we read every day in the trade press, many healthcare companies, including startups, are doing quite well. Some even have the enviable challenge… Read more »
How AI can help healthcare organizations turn data into gold
By Oleg Bess, MD, CEO and Founder, 4medica August 2022 – Healthcare data continues to grow at an unprecedented rate, thanks to the success of EHRs, introduction of connected consumer clinical devices such as glucose and blood pressure monitors, and rapid proliferation of health-related sensors in our phones and other wearable devices. “Approximately 30% of… Read more »
Telepsychiatry: A lifeline for your ED
By Andy Flanagan, CEO, Iris Telehealth July 2022 – According to the CDC, approximately 146.5 million patients visit hospital emergency departments (EDs) in the United States each year. Moreover, patients seeking care in EDs for mental health conditions is growing, nearly two-fold from 2007 to 2016 alone. Hospitals and health systems are already overwhelmed, and the… Read more »
Five Tips for Attracting and Retaining an Engaged Workforce
By Ben Sawyer, Vice President of Market Development for ABOUT Healthcare Inc. June 2022 – The January 2022 jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics told a familiar story. The healthcare sector, just behind dining and hospitality, had the most job openings of any industry in the country. More than 1.9 million jobs… Read more »
Are You Capitalizing On The Growth Of Medicare Advantage?
By John A. Selby, Executive Consultant to health plans and related businesses May 2022 – The growth of Medicare Advantage (MA), by almost every measure, is continuing at an explosive rate and the pace is not expected to slow any time soon. The ramifications of this growth are both broad and inviting. Any healthcare related… Read more »
A Different Point of View: Healthcare IT’s History of Magical Thinking
By David Lareau, Chief Executive Officer, Medicomp April 2022 – Every few years, the healthcare industry seems to lose its collective mind over the latest new thing that will solve all our problems and usher in the (dreaded) “new paradigm.” This combination of magical thinking and marketing hype sporadically erupts and then dissipates as reality… Read more »