HEALTHCARE Archives

Digital Therapeutics Grow Up, but Payers Still Need Convincing

21/03/2024by EOS Intelligence

Although the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be done with its rampage, many people still opt to access all kinds of services, including healthcare, from the comfort of their homes. As...

Soaring Healthcare Costs in the USA: Is Greed Winning Over Welfare?

06/03/2024by EOS Intelligence

Americans have been struggling with access to affordable healthcare for years, with thousands of stories of an unexpected illness driving a patient to bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the USA spends much more...

Opioid Epidemic in the USA – Is the War to Curb the Crisis Turning Futile?

07/02/2024by EOS Intelligence

The opioid crisis in the USA is believed to have begun in the 1990s with the overprescription of pain-relieving medicines. However, the epidemic gained steam recently with the availability of...

Genetic Testing Fraud – The Next Big Concern for the US Healthcare?

18/01/2024by EOS Intelligence

Over the past few years, lab fraud has become a concern in the USA with the increase in financial gains obtainable through fraudulent billing practices, unnecessary testing, bundling of expensive...

Medicine Shortage in the EU: A Deep-dive into Its Causes and Cures

12/12/2023by EOS Intelligence

With the proposal of the deeply revamped new EU pharma legislation in April 2023, the EU initiated an attempt to tackle the medicine shortfall that the union has been experiencing...

CVS Moves to Home-based Care with Acquisition of Signify Health by EOS Intelligence

Commentary: CVS Moves to Home-based Care with Acquisition of Signify Health

28/11/2023by EOS Intelligence

Retail health companies increasingly invest in primary care, particularly home-based care, with patients demanding low-cost and convenient care delivery. The recent acquisition of home healthcare company Signify Health by retail...

Inflated COVID-19 Tests Prices in Africa Why and What Now by EOS Intelligence

Inflated COVID-19 Test Prices in Africa: Why and What Now?

13/10/2023by EOS Intelligence

With the subsidence of COVID-19 and the announcement of the ending of the Global Health Emergency by WHO in May 2023, the world has started to move on and embark...

Retail Health Clinics Eye a Larger Piece of the US Primary Care Market

15/09/2023by EOS Intelligence

The utilization of retail health clinics (RHCs), also known as convenience care clinics, peaked during the coronavirus outbreak, with people rushing to get COVID-19 vaccinations or treatment for minor ailments...