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The Mylan EpiPen Debacle: How Tremendous Greed Can Lead to the Demise of a Leader

N2Growth Blog

Through shrewd marketing efforts, failed competitors and helpful legislation (which requires its availability at public schools), Mylan has cornered the market on this allergy medication. ” “The reality is and the brand pharmaceutical market, this isn’t an EpiPen issue. This is a health care issue.”

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The Health Benefits From Tackling Climate Change Could Be Wasted Due To Inequality

The Horizons Tracker

The model then estimated the exposure to pollution and how this affected premature deaths according to a variety of pollution controls, socioeconomic trends, and climate warming patterns between 2015 and 2100. The results showed, however, that lower levels of pollution were not enough on their own to lower the projected number of deaths.

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The Power of Digitalizing Health Care - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS

Harvard Business Review

Yet health care, which represents about 10% of global GDP, has lagged behind other sectors. But that is about to change, as big data and the ability to crunch it will deliver actionable insights that will increase health care’s reach, efficiency, accuracy, and value. Taking the Pulse of Health Care Transformation.

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3D Printing Is Already Changing Health Care

Harvard Business Review

And although the industry saw a slight slowdown in 2015, innovations with 3D-printed products are visible among a wide range of industries. Medical technologies often are expensive when they enter the market, becoming cheaper over time, but many of the new 3D-printed solutions are coming in at a reasonable price point. Insight Center.

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U.S. Health Care Is on the Cusp of Bundled Payments

Harvard Business Review

In doing so, suggested Jerry Solon, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh, it is possible to start making real inferences about the inputs (health care services) that generate an output (treating a patient). health care. The second and less obvious reason is the state of the wiring of all health care transactions.

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Telemedicine Is Vital to Reforming Health Care Delivery

Harvard Business Review

Health care remains one of the few services that require people to have a face-to-face interaction to obtain access. In January 2015, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new provider reimbursement code for non–face-to-face health care services for patients who have chronic medical conditions.

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Putting Humans at the Center of Health Care Innovation

Harvard Business Review

While this “lab-bench to bedside” approach has improved healthcare globally, it can take years, even decades, for an innovation to get to market, often with limited input from patients themselves. Health Care’s New Frontier. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. Insight Center.