According to the World Health Organization on chronic illnesses, over 41 million people suffer and die from chronic conditions. Also known as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), these issues mainly affect older people, but as many as 17 million NCD deaths occur before the age of 70. The article “Breaking Down Chronic Illnesses in Asia” notes that […]
Photo by Sydney Sims on UnsplashBy Marie Miguel, writing and research expert Being a patient is challenging When you’re a patient, and you go to see a mental health professional or any other kind of clinician, you have real symptoms to report. It’s not easy to get the courage to see a therapist or psychiatrist, and some […]
Precision Medicine and Pharmacogenomics By Noa L., VP Business Development, Vaica Olivia R. Van Wyck, contributor Have you ever thought that your genes would affect your response to the medications you were prescribed? As described in this article, pharmacies are encouraging patients to undergo DNA tests because they believe genes do play a role in […]
Photo by Alex Knight on Unsplash By N. Lapidot, Vaica Business Bevelopment Manager Caraline Watkins, Contributor The medical world is an ever-advancing field where there is constantly new information and findings coming to surface. But recently, with the ever advancing world of technology, the medical and technology worlds have been colliding and some doctors are not trusting […]
By Noa Lapidot, Vaica Olivia R. Van Wyck, contributor Photo by Ani Kolleshi on Unsplash Over many years, drug companies have developed and marketed hundreds of drugs. Some drugs have saved numerous lives and cured once deadly diseases. There have also been drugs that caused harm. During the development process, drug companies attempt to formulate drugs in such […]
By Tomer Gofer, Vaica CEO Olivia R. Van Wyck, contributor While there are many different factors that contribute to the issue of medication adherence, cost is one of the more prominent ones. Prescription drug costs limit many patients’ ability to take their medications. If the drug is too expensive, many patients opt out of […]
By Tomer Gofer, CEO & Co-founder, Vaica Caraline Watkins, Contributor Photo by Alexandre Debiève on Unsplash Medicare is confusing for a lot of reasons. People aren’t quite sure what they can claim for under medicare, some are still having to use a medicare mbi converter after the recent change from HICNs, and those who use […]
By Noa L., Vaica Olivia R. Van Wyck, contributor Photo by Nicolas Gras on Unsplash In 2008, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein described the Nobel Prize winning idea “nudge” in their book entitled “Nudge – Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth and Happiness”. “Nudging” is the idea that behavior can be changed by understanding why that behavior occurs and […]
By Noa L., VP Business Development, Vaica Olivia R. Van Wyck, contributor Medication adherence is a multifaceted issue. Numerous factors must be taken into consideration when healthcare professionals want patients to take their medication as prescribed. One factor that can be easily overlooked is how healthcare professionals communicate with patients. Simply changing the tone or […]
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash By Tomer Gofer, Vaica CEO Caraline Watkins, Contributor Just how big is the medication non-adherence problem? Is it more prevalent in one country than another? Or, is it a sweeping universal challenge faced by all healthcare systems worldwide? Let’s have a look. US, Iran and Japan, UK and Brazil According […]
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