medical adherence Articles
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Medication Adherence Data Used Proactively in Clinical Trials
From clinical trial enrollment through completion, understanding medication adherence is critical to data integrity and AiCure offers a competitive edge where traditional methods fall short. To ensure trial participants are complying with dosing regimens, sites often rely on traditional patient reported outcome systems with participant diaries, which can be unreliable. Also in common use are ...
By AiCure
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6 Best Practices to Help Achieve DSCSA Compliance
Many hospitals struggle to achieve optimal compliance with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA). The challenge to comply seems to come from an incomplete or inaccurate understanding of the regulations, which is understandable given the Act’s complexity. DSCSA was put in place to protect consumers from harmful drugs, such as those that are stolen or contaminated. The Act outlines ...
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Leveraging Automation in Pharmacy Packaging
The pharmaceutical industry has always been at the forefront of innovation, and automation has played a vital role in driving the industry forward. With an increasing demand for pharmaceutical products, there has been a need for faster and more efficient packaging solutions on a commercial scale. Pharmacy packaging automation is an effective solution to meet this demand. Read on to explore ...
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Remote Oncology Care: Review of Current Technology and Future Directions
Abstract Cancer patients frequently develop tumor and treatment-related complications, leading to diminished quality of life, shortened survival, and overutilization of emergency department and hospital services. Outpatient oncology treatment has potential to leave cancer patients unmonitored for long periods while at risk of clinical deterioration which has been exaggerated during the COVID19 ...
By Oncodisc
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Drug Delivery: What do Patients and Providers Want?
Citation: Huddleston M, Estep J, “Drug Delivery: What do Patients and Providers Want?” ONdrugDelivery, Issue 124 (Sep 2021), pp 10–14. Matthew Huddleston and Jennifer Estep discuss current drug delivery options and the value of convenient care. Worldwide, patient and provider preferences are changing due to the covid-19 pandemic. The need to reduce patient exposure to the ...
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What is the ICD code for HFpEF?
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is currently affecting over half of heart failure patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), two departments within the U.S. Federal Government’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), use the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) for coding ...
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The Power of Outcome-Based Pricing
In February of 2019, CEOs and senior executives from seven major pharmaceutical companies met with the Senate Finance Committee about drug pricing. During that meeting, AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot discussed how value-based agreements have the potential to transform how medicines are priced and reimbursed in the U.S., and in doing so, triggered a host of discussions across the industry on the ...
By Vistex Inc
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Investigation into the Feasibility of a 2 mL Needle-Free Injector
The current paradigm of injectable drug delivery has stagnated since the early 2000s. Despite recent innovations, like the launch in Europe of the first electromechanical reusable and connected auto-injector (UCB’s CIMZIA ava Connect® in early 2021), almost all new biologic drugs are launched with specific and undifferentiated self-injection options: a spring-based ...
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Smooth and Secure Medical Equipment Moving
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Driving Data-driven Medicine to Advance Personalized Care
Clinical trials are often designed with the participant’s everyday life in mind – trying to gather as much clinically-relevant data in a controlled manner as possible while allowing individuals to live their regular lives. However, it is true that trials are artificial environments, and participants are actively monitored to ensure their safety and to determine the efficacy of a drug ...
By AiCure
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