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eHealth: a remedy for what ails doctors… and U.S. healthcare

Bob Schmidt thinks he has an answer for the mega trends of rising healthcare costs, fewer doctors to treat more patients, and provider pay-cuts by the federal government: eHealth. And for Schmidt's Cleveland Medical Devices (CleveMed), eHealth means dreaming up diagnostic devices for sleep and movement disorders that can cut up to 90 percent of the cost of traditional tests -- and even help primary care physicians find new revenue sources.

By Mary Vanac
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A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma

A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.

By PurpleLab