Video: Was Carrum’s CEO the Voice of Reason at HLTH?
Sach Jain, the CEO of Carrum Health, which helps self-insured employers manage their surgical care costs, had a sobering perspective at HLTH, a conference that celebrates innovation in healthcare.
Video: Why This Startup CEO Never Accepted Outside Capital
FarmboxRx CEO Ashley Tyrner explains why she never accepted outside capital after launching her company that serves nutritional needs of Medicaid and Medicare members.
Using Data to Help Healthcare Practices Succeed
A new report from Relatient, A Data-Driven Guide to Patient Access Succes, highlights how focusing on data accuracy and relevance can enhance the performance of healthcare practices.
Video: Besides, Pharma and PBMs, Who Drives Up Drug Costs?
If you thought that Big Pharma and the PBMs were the only bad guys in the saga of unreasonably high prescription drug prices in the United States, you would be wrong. Hear who else is to blame from the CEO of Blue Shield of California.
How to improve health equity? Start by bringing care beyond the clinic
The pandemic has revealed many health inequities across society. A panel of speakers at MedCity News’ INVEST Pop Health conference discussed the various ways that they are working to reduce inequities and improve outcomes.
To innovate in population health, start with the basics
To succeed in population health, companies must first consider the basics, such as wrangling patient data and making sure it matches up. Panelists at INVEST Pop Health spoke about the challenges of taking this information and translating it into meaningful health outcomes.
Mapping the digital future of pharma
Real-world data has long been touted as the solution to many challenges faced in the healthcare space – but more data doesn’t necessarily mean more answers. RWD has become the lynchpin to a more patient-centric approach to care, from drug development to therapy access and provider engagement. But until the tools and technology are in place to turn that data into actionable insights, in context, they’re nothing but numbers. Join us for a discussion on the crucial role of real world data and advanced analytics in the digital transformation of the life sciences industry.
Tips for Greater Healthcare Practice Success in 2025
Join us on February 26 at 3 pm ET, and we’ll dive into the key areas where practices are losing time and money and provide solutions to overcome them.
MedCity Spotlight Video: Fredrikson & Byron attorneys discuss Covid-19’s impact on deal-making and value-based care
In a Spotlight Video interview, Fredrikson & Byron Shareholders and Co-chairs of the firm's life sciences group, Jeff Steinle and Ryan Johnson, talked about the deal-making environment in healthcare and how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted it.
Life sciences use of digital twins mirrors its application in other industries
Life sciences companies are using “digital twins” for everything from drug discovery to manufacturing. A panel of experts at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health conference discussed how this capability to run virtual simulations is changing practices now while also shaping the industry for the years to come.
Remote patient monitoring use is on the rise, but reimbursement needs to catch up
The reimbursement model for remote patient monitoring needs to evolve as it may be holding providers back from investing in these programs, according to panelists at the MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference. Key issues with the structure as it stands now include the fact that there are too many gray areas that result in claims denials.
Google, Microsoft execs: AI should be designed to support, not replace, clinicians
As Google and Microsoft compete over their cloud capabilities for healthcare, both companies are touting tools to make clinicians’ lives easier by streamlining documentation or making records searchable. At MedCity INVEST Digital Health, executives from both companies agreed on one thing: these tools should play a supporting role for clinicians while keeping patients at the center.
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What Keeps Healthcare CIOs Up at Night: Balancing Technology Investments with Consumer Expectations
When it comes to managing inbound phone calls, underperformance has devastating cost implications.
Spotting and rooting out bias in AI algorithms for healthcare
Algorithms are everywhere and so are the biases behind them. As algorithms find greater use in healthcare, a panel at MedCity News’ INVEST Digital Health virtual conference addressed how and why algorithms are biased, how that bias affects clinical care, and some possible solutions to bias.
Investors see promise in digital health — the challenge is adoption
VCs at MedCity INVEST Digital Health said there’s no shortage of interesting digital health companies, even ones that can prove their innovations are effective. The challenge is winning over insurers and physicians, and finding payment models that work.
Healthcare leaders share lessons learned addressing social determinants of health
Leaders with insurers and health systems said that taking a holistic approach and partnering with community organizations is key to standing up a successful social determinants of health program at a panel discussion hosted by MedCity INVEST Digital Health.
Consumerism is driving a bold new vision for home healthcare
Consumers want the healthcare industry to meet them where they are, and this shift in patient mindset has expanded the definition of home healthcare and who benefits from it, according to a panel at MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference.
INVEST Precision Medicine Conference Video: The State of Precision Medicine
Experts in precision medicine provide a broad overview of where we are and where we need to go to make the promise and potential of this sector a reality.