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Risk-based quality management is a data monitoring approach that accelerates the drug development pathway without compromising on safety – and one that is enhanced by the use of technologies such as artificial intelligence.

More patients are coming back to the doctor’s office even as a physician shortage looms; here’s how savvy healthcare providers are turning to intelligent scheduling technology to optimize physician time and clinic efficiency.h

Historically having worked with Medicaid and Medicare Advantage populations, Uber Health is now expanding its services to self-insured employers. The company made the announcement at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.

In January, a federal jury convicted Holmes of four counts of fraud, including an investor wire fraud conspiracy count and three substantive wire fraud counts, with wire transfers totaling more than $140 million.  

A panel of healthcare data experts recently broke down some of healthcare’s most common buzzwords at HLTH. While the experts agreed that many industry professionals still struggle to grasp the true denotations of words and phrases like “interoperability” and “reimagining healthcare,” the panelists said these terms can be quite meaningful once they’re unpacked.

The new platform is a “digital front door” for members, offered on the web and through the My Highmark app. It will help members with scheduling appointments, accessing primary care and urgent care, managing prescription drugs and other services. It will roll out in January.

GSK is making greater use of artificial intelligence and computational techniques as part of its drug discovery efforts. Speaking during the HLTH conference in Las Vegas, executive Mike Montello likened his company's techniques to the efforts to study and analyze images from outer space.

Seventy-four years ago, patients received hope for a medical miracle. Despite the disappointments which have accompanied that hope, steroids continue to play an important role in the treatment of debilitating symptoms of many autoimmune and other conditions. Now, equipped with decades of advances in our understanding of human biology, the time has come to innovate and execute on that promise.

The new solution is called Quantum Health Access, which offers healthcare benefits navigation, provider search, claims assistance, point solution referral and member engagement communications.

Ideally, novel therapeutics will be introduced in combination with lifestyle interventions that are going to need to be personalized to each individual, and anchored in reliable, longitudinal metrics to enable modifications as needed.