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- By Marc Herant
Best care vs. good care
In wealthy countries, the recommended standard of care can often lead to complex medication regimens requiring frequent follow-ups: this can be very challenging for people who …
- By Tory Wolff
Last month, Warburg Pincus closed on previously announced plans to acquire a major multi-specialty practice in northern New Jersey (Summit) and combine it with an urgent care network centered in the N…
- By Marc Herant
Is the lack of new (non-viral) antibiotics a market failure?
A lament about the lack of success in getting the biopharma industry to invest sustainably in the development of new antibiotics against h…
- By Tory Wolff
MSFT’s pathbreaking alliances in healthcare services are impressive and well designed to grow adoption of their Azure cloud over the medium term. But if MSFT wants to be at the forefront of change an…
- By Marc Herant
Huntington’s disease: light at the end of the tunnel?
The awful thing about Huntington’s is that in most cases, people know they are going progressively lose their mind at an early age, but there is …
- By Marc Herant
A clinical vignette: the cases of Jane and Joe
Imagine if you will two individuals both at age 50. Jane is a project manager whose recent health care has focused on managing menopausal symptoms, a kn…
- By Tory Wolff
Summary
The Capital Region of Pennsylvania is shifting in “real time” from traditionally separate plan vs. plan competition and provider vs. provider competition to integrated vertical plan/provider …
- By Marc Herant
TAVR for all?
TAVR has become the standard of care for patients who need an aortic value replacement but are at high/medium surgical risk. But what about those at low-risk? Two studies answer that qu…
- By Sophie Ranen
Amazon’s healthcare play appears to be heavily focused on platforms rather than specific applications
They would prefer startups focus on elements that are truly differentiating for consumers and let …