Travelers adds telemedicine as workers’ compensation sector warms up to digital health
The idea is to give qualified injured employees an alternative to going to an emergency room as part of an effort to contain healthcare costs.
The idea is to give qualified injured employees an alternative to going to an emergency room as part of an effort to contain healthcare costs.
The researchers’ software program, VISYTER, is only available for research purposes, but has been licensed to a Pittsburgh company for commercialization, according to Andi Saptono, assistant professor of health and rehabilitation informatics at University of Pittsburgh.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.