Keith Dunleavy, MD, Discusses Healthcare Quality and Value Through the Digitization of Medicine
July 6th 2012Keith Dunleavy, MD, President and CEO, Inovalon, addresses the importance of healthcare data and the digitization of medicine. Dr. Dunleavy states that having quality data allows for more accurate care on an individual level, along with cost savings and a better risk score.
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Sarah Thomas Delivers Advice to States Initiating Health Insurance Exchange Programs
June 29th 2012Sarah Thomas, Vice President, Public Policy and Communications, NCQA, says there are three options for states looking to initiate health insurance exchanges (HIX): federally facilitated, state sponsored, and partnership models.
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Mary Walsh, MD, FACC, Speaks About Patient-Centered Care in Cardiology
June 18th 2012In this video, Mary Walsh, Member of the American College of Cardiology Board of Trustees and Chair of the organization's Patient-Centered Care Committee, talks about the efforts being made to truly individualize patient care and move away from a "one-size-fits-all" model in cardiology care.
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Dr. David Valle Speaks about Genetic Variations Impacting Treatment Decisions
May 18th 2012In this video, Dr. David Valle, speaks about how genetic variations impact patients' antibodies and immune systems in different ways. "We are beginning to gather the knowledge that is necessary to recognize the key individual differences that determine why patients behave in different ways, even though they have the same diagnostic label," says Valle.
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David Nau, PhD, Speaks About Utilizing Community Pharmacists to Improve Medication Adherence
April 27th 2012In this video, David Nau, PhD, RPh, CPHQ, Senior Director, Quality Strategies Pharmacy Quality Alliance, Inc, discusses a new quality improvement model designed to improve patient medication adherence by utilizing community pharmacists.
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Felix Frueh, PhD, Speaks about the Health Economics of Personalized Medicine
April 12th 2012In this video, Felix Frueh, PhD, President, Medco Research, discusses the advancements in personalized medicine over the past decade. Dr. Frueh also speaks about the clinical data that are being generated in order to prove to payers that this area of medicine is not only valuable but also affordable.
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Dr. Patrick P. Gleason Discusses Factors of Medication Nonadherence
April 4th 2012Patrick P. Gleason, PharmD, Director of Clinical Outcomes Assessment, Prime Therapeutics, states that the fear of adverse events, cost-sharing and patient education are all factors that keep patients from complying with medication regimens.
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Dr. David Valle Speaks About Evolutionary Medicine
April 3rd 2012In this video, Dr. David Valle, Professor and Director of the Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, discusses the advancement of evolutionary medicine and also speaks about the Johns Hopkins Individualized Medicine Program.
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