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Trust the Experts—But Which Experts?
Trust the Experts—But Which Experts?
Jun 12, 2026
“Leave professional matters to the professionals.” It’s one of those pieces of advice that feels self-evidently correct—and it is. We rely on physicians for...
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The Adult in the Room: What Gwynne Shotwell Teaches Us About Women's Leadership
The Adult in the Room: What Gwynne Shotwell Teaches Us About Women's Leadership
Jun 10, 2026
Elon Musk once said that without Gwynne, SpaceX would have gone under long ago. Most people have never heard her name. That gap — between how essential...
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A 5-Minute Guide to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Under the IRA
A 5-Minute Guide to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Under the IRA
May 16, 2026
Prescription drug pricing in the United States has long been a focal point of health policy debate. For Medicare beneficiaries, particularly older adults and individuals living...
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Synthetic Data vs. Real-World Data: A Reality Check for Healthcare AI
Synthetic Data vs. Real-World Data: A Reality Check for Healthcare AI
Dec 15, 2025
I first encountered the concept of synthetic data back in 2013, while teaching a health informatics course as a tenure-track assistant professor at UNC Charlotte. To...
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Drug Development Program Done Right: A Practical Checklist to Prevent Strategic Blind Spots
Drug Development Program Done Right: A Practical Checklist to Prevent Strategic Blind Spots
Nov 28, 2025
In the high-stakes world of pharmaceutical R&D, thousands of drug candidates are abandoned every year long before reaching patients. The harsh reality: fewer than...
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QALYs Explained: The Metric That’s Shaping—and Dividing—Healthcare Policy
QALYs Explained: The Metric That’s Shaping—and Dividing—Healthcare Policy
Nov 10, 2025
Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) are a cornerstone concept in health economics. They measure the value of medical treatments by considering both how long people live and...
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Value-Based Health Care: Shifting the Focus from Quantity to Quality
Value-Based Health Care: Shifting the Focus from Quantity to Quality
Oct 23, 2025
Understand how value-based health care shifts focus from volume to outcomes, rewarding better results, reducing costs and improving patient care....
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Budget Impact Models: A Practical Tool for Healthcare Decision-Making
Budget Impact Models: A Practical Tool for Healthcare Decision-Making
Oct 07, 2025
Learn how Budget Impact Models help payers and HTA agencies assess short-term affordability of new healthcare treatments alongside cost-effectiveness analysis....
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New White Paper: Charting the Landscape of Real-World Data in the U.S.
New White Paper: Charting the Landscape of Real-World Data in the U.S.
Oct 01, 2025
Learn how real-world data is transforming U.S. healthcare and life sciences. Our new white paper maps datasets, applications, challenges, and future directions....
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Polygon Health Analytics Celebrates Graduation of 2025 Launchpad Cohort
Sep 03, 2025
[Philadelphia, September 2, 2025] – Polygon Health Analytics proudly announces the successful graduation of its 2025 Launchpad Program cohort—the second since the program’s inception—marking...
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Patient-Reported Outcomes: Bringing the Patient’s Voice into Clinical Development and Outcomes Research
Aug 14, 2025
When it comes to healthcare, numbers and lab results only tell part of the story. What about how patients feel? How treatments impact their daily lives?...
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Powerful AI Starts with High-Quality Data: Lessons from Edwin Chen and Surge AI
Powerful AI Starts with High-Quality Data: Lessons from Edwin Chen and Surge AI
Jul 28, 2025
In a world where AI headlines are dominated by billion-dollar fundraises, massive model sizes, and compute power arms races, Edwin Chen offers a refreshing counter-narrative. As...
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