Tag Archives: Patient

Pharma-provider messaging company OptimizeRx acquires patient messaging firm CareSpeak for $9M

OptimizeRx, a software company focused on pharma-provider digital health messaging, has completed a $ 9 million deal to acquire medication adherence and care coordination messaging company CareSpeak Communications, OptimizeRx told MobiHealthNews. With this deal, OptimizeRx will be able to expand its EHR-embedded messaging platform so that phrama and providers can communicate directly with patients, the… Read More »

Every Older Patient Has a Story. Medical Students Need to Hear It.

Whatever the cluster of second-year students at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York expected to hear from an 82-year-old woman — this probably wasn’t it. At first, Elizabeth Shepherd, one of several seniors invited to meet with future doctors in an anti-ageism program called “Introduction to the Geriatric Patient,” largely followed the script. As student… Read More »

How to Make Your Journey as a Cancer Patient Fruitful

Even if you’ve been diagnosed with cancer, you have to fully grasp that it is not the end of the world. You still have chance to survive—or to live a little longer—with the various treatments available for you. You can make your journey as a cancer patient fruitful, if not successful, by taking a look… Read More »