Personalized Solutions Boost - Medication Adherence
November 4th 2022“For the past 20 to 25 years, the data has fairly consistently shown that, overall, of people who have been prescribed long-term medications, about half of those patients are not going to take them as prescribed,” says Todd Ruppar, Ph.D., a professor in the College of Nursing at Rush University in Chicago.
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Trinity Health to Use Digital Therapies to Expand Depression, Excessive Drinking Treatment
October 11th 2022The partnership between the North Dakota healthcare system and Orexo, a Swedish digital therapeutics company, may be an example of how digital therapeutics can be especially beneficial for healthcare systems serving rural areas.
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Genetic Factors May Predispose People with MPNs to Cardiovascular Events
August 15th 2022The new report is believed to be among the first to examine cardiovascular risk in myeloproliferative neoplasms through a genetic lens. Mutations in the CALR gene may restore vascular dysfunction in some patients.
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New Diabetes-Focused Digital Therapeutic Improves A1c, According to Company Data
August 11th 2022Like many digital therapeutics, the Better Therapeutics product is based on techniques used in cognitive behavioral therapy. The prescription digital therapeutic is designed to help people with diabetes modify their behaviors and eating patterns to bring down their A1c levels.
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Diabetes Medications Find New Life as Weight-Loss Drugs
July 21st 2022Novo Nordisk’s Saxenda (liraglutide) and Wegovy (semaglutide) are leading the way for a new crop of drugs that reduce appetite. But their cost-effectiveness is in question, and many payers are saying no to coverage — for now.
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