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Inside the War on Drug Prices

In recent years, we’ve seen the prices of prescription drugs steadily rise. Price for an HIV drug, Daraprim, saw a 5,000% increase after the pharmaceutical company that manufactures it received rights to the drug. The life-saving EpiPen increased from about $100 to nearly $600 in less than 10 years. These quickly became the topic of

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New Report Shows Big Data May Reduce Healthcare Costs

With new challenges cropping up seemingly every day, what technology advancements can hospitals and clinics use to improve patient care? Big data technology has made improving care for high-cost patients, readmissions, triage, and decomposition possible. Improving High-cost Patient Treatment It is estimated that 15 percent of patients account for about 50 percent of health care

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