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Is digital the future of medicine?

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SUMMARY: McKinsey estimates that global digital-health revenues—from telemedicine, online pharmacies, wearable devices, and so on—will rise from $350bn last year to $600bn in 2024. Some 70% of American hospitals still fax and post patient records, and patients don’t have one record to share among all their doctors.

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Amazon, Teladoc to deliver doctor consultations via Alexa

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Amazon’s encroachment into healthcare advanced a little further this week when the online giant launched a doctor consultation service delivered via its Alexa voice assistant, with the help of telehealth player Teladoc. The post Amazon, Teladoc to deliver doctor consultations via Alexa appeared first on.

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The discovery of a new and compounding cybersecurity threat to pharmacies

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Sam Crowther, founder and CEO of cybersecurity company Kasada, tells us about a recent discovery his company made that revealed tens of thousands of accounts with prescription drug attachments in major online pharmacies had been compromised. So, suddenly, you’re unable to get the medicine you need and have been prescribed by a doctor.

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Our abysmal health care system

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First, the health insurance companies are making a lot of money while burying doctors in paperwork and limiting treatment options. Patients and doctors are tired, and insurance companies are raising rates after two years of making a surplus because nobody went to the doctor during the pandemic. The result:?

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Insights into Precision Dosing with Dr. Howard McLeod and Dr. Sharmeen Roy – Xtalks Life Science Podcast Ep. 163

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McLeod received his Doctorate in Pharmacy from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and completed his Post-Doctoral Training at St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the University of Glasgow. Dr. Roy is passionate about leveraging technology to amplify the impact of the pharmacist.

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Disruption in healthcare is coming

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The new initiative, Care Studio, aims at doctors rather than patients. Mark Cuban made a big splash in the world of gener­ic medications when he launched a new com­pa­ny ear­li­er this year, pledg­ing to on­ly charge a 15% mark-up for its gener­ic medicines, Wide­spread cost sav­ings from us­ing Cuban’s new com­pa­ny could be steep.

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FTC launches probe into pharmacy benefit management sector

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Longstanding claims that one of the reasons for high drug prices in the US is the actions of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies – the middlemen in the supply chain – are being formally investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). — FTC (@FTC) June 7, 2022.