Meeting the Demand for Personalized Care

2025 Winter Personalized Care

THE CONCEPT OF healthcare consumerism is not new, but it has definitely evolved. As healthcare costs continue to rise, patients are looking for healthcare experiences that mirror those they have in other service sectors, with an increasing expectation that interactions with providers and payers be as frictionless as those in the hospitality, airline or e-commerce […]

Understanding Drugs and Money in 2025

illustration of prescription, hospital and money gauge

SPECIALTY MEDICATIONS have dramatically improved the lives of so many both in terms of quality and longevity. They’re an integral part of the first approach to treatment in an ever-increasing number of disease states. However, the cost of the ever-expanding portfolio of these products has ballooned to an astronomical number. Many years ago, the approval […]

Hospital at Home: The Future of Care?

Nurse at patient's bedside

HOUSE CALLS were the norm not 100 years ago. When someone got sick, doctors provided dependable, personalized care in the comfort of patients’ own homes, and it cultivated a system of two-way trust. Patients knew their doctors, and doctors knew their patients. It wasn’t about meeting quotas or hedging lawsuits. Doctors treated their patients as […]

Improving Care and Service by Capturing Patients’ Voices

Physician speaking to an adult male patient

COUNTLESS PAPERS have touted the importance of returning to a patient first care approach that prioritizes effectiveness, efficiency and value-based care. But, what does having a patient-centered care approach mean when viewed through the lens of an industry beholden to data-driven metrics and often-hindered siloed processes and technologies? Patient-centered care is a patient-first focus. It […]

Going Green in Healthcare

Here’s how healthcare can put the industry mandate to “first, do not harm” into practice by implementing cleaner, more sustainable practices.

Promoting Health Equity

Better health for all is on the horizon thanks to those who are implementing new strategies
to improve care.

Payment for Medications: It’s an Exacting Team Sport!

Getting paid for drugs demands a robust chain of events linking product procurement, its use within both the clinical framework and payer requirements, and the revenue cycle function of charging, billing and subsequent reimbursement.