Healthcare Strategies

Checking the Pulse of Progress in the Life Sciences, Pharma Sector

In this episode, Alivia Kaylor, MSc, senior editor, and Veronica Salib, associate editor at Xtelligent Healthcare Media, provide in-depth insights into the revolutionary strides defining the landscape of the life sciences and pharmaceutical industry in 2024. Unveiling transformative breakthroughs — including pioneering achievements in gene therapy, advancements in targeted oncology treatments, and cutting-edge progress in male birth control options — the discussion explores how these innovations are reshaping the healthcare landscape and carrying immense promise for the future.

Maintaining Access to Rural Healthcare Amid Closures

The cost of delivering quality care is higher than ever, while payers are looking to downsize reimbursement rates as much as possible. As a result, many rural hospitals have closed or are on the brink of closure, exacerbating access to care challenges. Our editors discuss what is causing rural hospitals to shutter their doors and what some providers are doing to prevent it.

Headlines: Amazon Adds Benefits Check, VBP’s Effect on Inequities

Amazon has added a health benefits check to its growing range of healthcare capabilities. Meanwhile, value-based purchasing might not be the best solution to health disparities in some care settings.

Sharing Predictions for the Healthcare Industry in 2024

With the start of a new year, healthcare executives assess the state of the industry and set expectations for top trends and key strategies that will be widely implemented. Join four Xtelligent Healthcare Media senior staff members as we share what we have been hearing from healthcare leaders about 2024.

Industry Perspectives: Rescuing the Healthcare Workforce through Automation

Automation could take many mundane yet demanding tasks off of providers' to-do lists. Russ Richmond, co-founder and chief executive officer of Laudio, shares why providers should embrace automation and what next steps they can take toward adopting the technology in this final episode of Industry Perspectives.

Headlines: Maternal Health Model Starts, US Health Spending Normalizes

CMS has announced a new maternal health model. Some US healthcare spending trends dropped to pre-pandemic levels in 2022. Additionally, Medicare opioid use disorder treatment falls behind and the US Supreme Court will review an abortion pill.

Harnessing Health Informatics to Address Climate Change

With the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, awareness of climate change and its health effects is growing. Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD, Regenstrief Institute research scientist, discusses how health informatics can help enhance resilience against the evolving threats of a changing climate.

Industry Perspectives: Leveraging Tech to Empower Nurses

Technology has become crucial to the nursing profession, but how can healthcare organizations implement new technologies while maintaining personal nurse-patient interactions? Dusti Browning, vice president of growth and client solutions for Conduit Health Partners, shed some light on potential solutions.

Headlines: No Cigna-Humana Merger, RPM Shows Strong ROI

Cigna and Humana have called off their planned merger in the wake of shareholder backlash. Remote patient monitoring offers a healthy return on investment, according to early estimates. Additionally, CVS Health introduces a new app to integrate healthcare tools for patients and external payer audits quadruple in 2023.

Centering Doulas in Maternal Mental Health Treatment Access

NewYork-Presbyterian is home to an innovative maternal mental health program that enlists the work of a multidisciplinary care team centered around doula care to support birthing people in the postpartum period. By employing this community-centered approach, NYP works to make maternal mental healthcare more accessible, closing the gap in the number of people able to access treatment for postpartum depression. In this episode, Davina Prabhu, vice president of the Ambulatory Care Network at NYP, discusses the NYP Postpartum Doula Program.