While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to reduce the number of uninsured and improve personal wellness in the U.S., the law's changes in workforce definitions will significantly impact workforce dynamics, employee hiring, employers' benefits strategies and wellness programs—requiring a reevaluation of how workers' compensation is accounted for and delivered.

In the pharmaceutical industry, locating key opinion leaders (KOLs) is essential—and very difficult—for clinical trials and other assessments. We provide a method and an in‑depth example of using social network analysis (SNA) to identify these critical players.

Formal policies and processes for enterprise risk management (ERM) are common among large corporations, such as those in finance and healthcare. However, most technology‑focused companies consider ERM an obstacle to innovation. When properly implemented and maintained, an enterprise risk management program can lessen risk, accelerate strategic development, drive innovation and bolster bottom‑line growth.

The industry's Shared Investigator Platform significantly reduces the time and cost of clinical trials, simplifying work for investigators and bringing promising therapies to market more quickly.

Making products smart can deliver game‑changing innovation, enriched customer experiences and new, across‑the‑board levels of efficiency. Our latest research reveals practical steps business leaders can take to benefit from this quickly intensifying and accelerating trend.

Driven partly by regulatory pressure, stakeholders in the healthcare ecosystem—including payers and patients—now want real-world evidence (RWE) about wellness to supplement and expand randomized control trial (RCT) input from pharmas about pharmaceuticals' efficacy and effectiveness.

By analyzing digital footprints, pharma companies can better identify key influencers throughout their integrated delivery networks.

By building end-to-end IT ecosystems and understanding preferred communications channels, pharmaceutical companies can create more engaging and fruitful digital relationships with healthcare professionals.

With employee health affecting bottom lines, organizations need to support preemptive initiatives that encourage both personal wellness and quantifiable results. Here's how we are addressing this major challenge.

Medication non-adherence is a growing concern, as it is increasingly associated with negative health outcomes and higher cost of care. Tackling the burden of non-adherence requires a collaborative, patient-centric approach that considers individual patient needs and results in intelligent interventions that combine high-tech with high-touch.