Pharmacy

We need to look at other ways to treat patients' pain without exposing them to high-risk medications, says Dr. James Hellewell, medical director of Care Transformation Information Systems at Intermountain.

Dr. Sujay Kakarmath, digital health scientist at Partners HealthCare Pivot Labs, says the organization is enabling collaboration between hospitals, health systems and other stakeholders such as big tech and pharma.

Pharma companies that can leverage clinical-grade apps, virtual care and medication adherence to better support patients will win in the long term, says veteran healthcare leader and Health Innovation Strategies CEO Naomi Fried.

Sanofi execs Ruchita Sinha and Christina Koutoudis discuss digital technology, innovation and pharma's role and future.

Andrew Mellin, VP and medical informatics physician at Surescripts, says his company's price transparency service allows providers to make choices that are in the best interests of the patient.

CEO Tom Skelton says Surescripts' product allows doctors to tell the patient at the point of care the price of prescriptions along with alternatives.

Jay Patel, clinical transformation officer at Seniorlink, says comprehensive tools for aging populations are going to require, among other things, cybersecurity and data aggregation among patients, family members and caregivers.