Best The Kinetix Group Podcasts (2025)

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The Startling Growth of Illegal Online Pharmacies 4:08

4M ago4:08

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Send us a text The IQVIA Institute recently reported that there were 15,501 Illegal Online Pharmacies, or I-O-P’s, collectively selling approximately 85 million illegal prescriptions, with an estimated value of $34 billion dollars. At the time of the study, these IOP’s were actively marketing 70% (5,085) of the 7,310 legally prescribed medicines di…

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Antimicrobial Resistance 3:46

5M ago3:46

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Send us a text Antimicrobial Resistance Could Surpass Cancer as the Leading Cause of Death by 2050. Antimicrobial Resistance is globally recognized as one of the greatest health threats of the 21st century, and yet... we hardly hear anything about it. It’s directly responsible for 1.27 million deaths in 2019 and contributing to 4.95 million deaths …

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Balancing Early Detection and Incidental Findings in Lung Cancer Screening 3:32

6M ago3:32

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Send us a text Balancing Early Detection and Incidental Findings in Lung Cancer Screening Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally. While the 5-year survival rate for locally advanced lung cancer is under 5%, early-stage diagnosis can elevate this rate to as high as 60%. Mortality risk factors include age, smoking history,…

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Petauri PACT Executive Briefing - New Branding! 2:18

6M ago2:18

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Send us a text Welcome to our updated 3-minute Executive Briefing, where we’ve rebranded our program under our new Petauri name. As you are familiar, The Kinetix Group partnered with Petauri Health, a purpose-built pharmaceutical commercialization services platform based in New York City, to expand TKG’s capabilities and enhance the resources and e…

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FACT Standards for Immune Effector Cells 3:38

7M ago3:38

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Send us a text The topic for this week’s @The Kinetix Group PACT Executive Briefing is “The FACT Standards for Immune Effector Cells.” These accrediting standards were developed by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT), using a consensus of experts to promote quality medical and laboratory practice across the field of immu…

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Medication Adherence for Patients with Severe Mental Illness. 3:53

7M ago3:53

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Send us a text Medication Adherence for Patients with Severe Mental Illness. Adherence to prescribed medication regimens improves outcomes for patients with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and major depressive disorder. Psychiatric disorders are a significant public health problem: schizophrenia affects about 23 mil…

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CRISPR Gene-Editing Therapy 3:35

8M ago3:35

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Send us a text Introduction to Gene-Editing Therapy: CRISPR CRISPR is a relatively new medical advancement that was inspired by the natural defense mechanism found in some microbes, such as bacteria. To protect themselves against invaders like viruses, these microbes capture snippets of the intruder’s DNA and store them away as segments called CRIS…

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Introduction to Targeted Therapies: CAR T-cell Therapy 3:30

8M ago3:30

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Send us a text Introduction to Targeted Therapies: CAR T-cell Therapy T-cell Transfer Therapy is a special type of immunotherapy that takes a person’s own T-cells (a type of immune cell), adds specific antigens to the T-cells that can identify the cancer cells, and puts them back into the person’s body. Cancer cells express unique antigens (signali…

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Provider Insights on the Impact of 340B Pricing 3:54

9M ago3:54

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Send us a text Provider Insights on the Impact of 340B Pricing. We frequently get asked for insights on how the 340B Drug Pricing Program may... or may not... be impacting the prescribing choices of participating covered entities. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) administers this federal program which is intended to help safe…

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The Federal NOPAIN Act 3:19

9M ago3:19

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Send us a text Today’s topic is the The Federal NOPAIN Act. The Federal “Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act” (or, the “NOPAIN Act”), Senate bill S.586, was signed into law in December 2022. It takes effect this coming January as part of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 2025 OPPS proposed rule. The NOPAIN Act directs CMS t…

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High Value Pharmacy Enterprise Framework 4:23

10M ago4:23

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Send us a text The High-Value Pharmacy Enterprise Framework. The High-Value Pharmacy Enterprise Framework is a collection of evidence-based and expert recommended best practices designed to enhance health system pharmacy operations by ensuring safe, effective, and patient-centered medication management throughout the health-system pharmacy enterpri…

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Introduction to Targeted Therapies: Monoclonal Antibodies 3:32

10M ago3:32

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Send us a text Introduction to Targeted Therapies: Monoclonal Antibodies Targeted Therapy is the foundation of Precision Medicine. Targeted therapy is a type of personalized treatment that targets specific proteins that control how cells grow, divide, and spread. Antibodies are produced naturally by our body and help the immune system recognize cel…

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Pharmacist Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs) 3:59

11M ago3:59

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Send us a text All 50 states now allow pharmacists and physicians to enter into Collaborative Practice Agreements (CPAs) in which one or more pharmacists establish a formal relationship with a prescriber, in which the prescriber can delegate specific tasks to a pharmacist under negotiated conditions, which would not otherwise be permitted under the…

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Understanding the “bagging” of Patient Medications 3:25

11M ago3:25

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Send us a text When a physician prescribes an expensive specialty medication for a patient, the traditional distribution process was for the provider to purchase the medication, administer it to the patient, and then bill the insurance company for the drug. This “buy-and-bill” process has been utilized for many years. In recent years, and to help c…

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Laboratory Benefit Managers 2:47

12M ago2:47

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Send us a text Laboratory Benefit Managers have emerged over the past decade to fill the need to manage complex and expensive laboratory testing for payers. They have become the new Precision Medicine Gatekeepers. Results from over 14 billion diagnostic tests are estimated to influence 70% of today’s clinical decisions. It’s estimated that there is…

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Barriers to New Therapy Adoption: Therapeutic Inertia 3:25

1y ago3:25

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Send us a text The term therapeutic inertia describes the failure of health care providers to initiate or intensify therapy when it is clearly indicated by established guidelines. The term has largely been applied to the management of blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol, by primary care physicians who recognize the need for their patients …

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State Drug Price Transparency Laws 2:46

1y ago2:46

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Send us a text Since 2016, 13 states have passed Drug Price Transparency Laws focused on enabling state policymakers to understand opaque drug pricing and payment systems to formulate policy solutions to high prices, while also creating the data infrastructure to realize those policy solutions. Most of these state programs require reporting from ma…

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CMS Prior Authorization Final Rule 2:46

1y ago2:46

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Send us a text Today's topic is the CMS Prior Authorization Final Rule On January 17th, 2024, CMS published the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule, to improve the electronic exchange of health care data as well as to streamline prior authorization processes. This final rule also adds a new measure for merit-based incentive paym…

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Federal No Surprises Act 3:12

1y ago3:12

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Send us a text Today’s topic is the Federal No Surprises Act. The Federal No Surprises Act is intended to protect consumers from unexpected medical bills that occur when a patient unknowingly receives medical services from physicians and other providers who are outside of their health insurance network; in other words, healthcare providers who are …

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Welcome to the New Format! 2:38

1y ago2:38

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Send us a text Welcome to our new and revised market insights podcast format, where we have renamed our program the TKG PACT Executive Briefing. The new format will be condensed into 3-minute episodes of market insights, where we highlight one of healthcare’s critical market access issues, policies, challenges, or trends. We hope you enjoy this new…

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Telehealth Policy Gaps: Challenges with Remote Prescribing 42:30

2y ago42:30

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Send us a text Telehealth Policy Gaps: Challenges with Remote Prescribing On May 11th, the Public Health Emergency (PHE) and some of the provisions that supported the explosive growth of telehealth, will expire, leaving telehealth providers scrambling to address some of the challenges of proving remote care. My special guest in this episode is Dori…

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Circling the Wagons… to Solve Real Problems in Neurology 40:59

2+ y ago40:59

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Send us a text Circling the Wagons… to Solve Real Problems in Neurology It is estimated that globally, one in six people are affected by a health issue that includes some form of a neurological disorder. Within the United States, as many as 100 million people are having some kind of an issue related to a neurological disorder. Add to that the explo…

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"Period Poverty"... a Taboo Topic? 20:37

2+ y ago20:37

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Send us a text "Period Poverty"... a Taboo Topic? Unfortunately, there are some issues in healthcare that seem to get ignored, or simply don’t get discussed appropriately, and today’s topic is one of these challenging issues. In many circles, menstruation is a topic that is difficult to discuss openly, which complicates the challenges of period pov…

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NCCN Policy & Advocacy Priorities 38:23

2+ y ago38:23

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Send us a text NCCN Policy & Advocacy Priorities Supporting high quality cancer care through the NCCN Guidelines is a strategic pillar for the NCCN. Alyssa Schatz is the Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. She shares the current strategic priorities for her team in this week’s episode.…

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Musical Chairs... Improving Infusion Therapy. 41:18

2+ y ago41:18

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Send us a text Musical Chairs... Improving Infusion Therapy “Musical Chairs”… how are we managing infusion center operations amid the financial and staffing woes of a healthcare system exhausted from nearly 3 years of a roller coaster ride due to the pandemic? Our guests for this episode are Christine Mann, Chief Operating Officer and Director of t…

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Who trains surgeons what medications to prescribe? 35:28

2+ y ago35:28

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Send us a text Who trains surgeons what medications to prescribe? We don't often think about surgeons as being significant prescribers of medications, but they actually prescribe a lot of medications and help patients manage their medications, as they prepare for and recover from a surgical procedure. And in today's world of team based care, the su…

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Impact of Operating Room Shut Downs Due to Staffing Shortages 35:23

2+ y ago35:23

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Send us a text Impact of Operating Room Shut Downs Due to Staffing Shortages A recent article in the Boston Globe raised a red alert on hospital operating rooms being temporarily closed due to staffing shortages and other pandemic related challenges. In the article, Dr. Eric Dickson, CEO of UMass Memorial Health, reported that, “… closing ORs is a …

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Advancing Health Equity: Individual Point of Care Solutions 19:25

3y ago19:25

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Send us a text Advancing Health Equity: Individual Point of Care Solutions Health equity is a complex issue, with a broad range of governmental, social service, and health care stakeholders who are wrestling with these issues. My guests today are The Kinetix Group’s four summer interns. They’ve been researching the challenges of improving health eq…

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Advancing Health Equity: How are we doing? 29:17

3y ago29:17

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Send us a text Advancing Health Equity: How are we doing? Health equity is a complex issue, with a broad range of governmental, social service, and health care stakeholders who are wrestling with these issues. My guests today are The Kinetix Group’s four summer interns. They’ve been researching the challenges of improving health equity and how each…

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Advancing Health Equity: Using Data and Technology to Improve Outcomes. 25:29

3y ago25:29

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Send us a text Advancing Health Equity: Using Data and Technology to Improve Outcomes. Health equity is a complex issue, with a broad range of governmental, social service, and health care stakeholders who are wrestling with these issues. My guests today are The Kinetix Group’s four summer interns. They’ve been researching the challenges of improvi…

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Are Staffing Shortages Increasing Adverse Events? 29:24

3y ago29:24

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Send us a text Are Staffing Shortages Increasing Adverse Events? In March, The Advisory Board reported on the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for 2022 according to ECRI, a 60-year-old nonprofit committed to the safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare. ECRI publishes an annual report on safety concerns and this year, number one on thei…

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Unintended Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Drug Prices 14:05

3y ago14:05

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Send us a text The Unintended Impact of Medicaid Expansion on Drug Prices Recently, we attended the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association’s annual meeting in Boston, where we presented research our team did on the effect of Medicaid Expansion on the price of drugs. We were curious about the impact of Medicaid Expansion on the price of drugs, whi…

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Hospital Flash Report: January was Devastating for Finances 20:33

3y ago20:33

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Send us a text Hospital Flash Report: January was Devastating for Finances In February, Kaufman Hall published their Hospital Flash report that showed hospital finances in major distress mode, following the end of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or, CARES Act, funding. They reported that in January the median change in operat…

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MBN feat. Dr. Brian E. Hill - Hip Nation 38:48

3y ago38:48

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Dr. Hill is a partner and practicing physician with Urology Specialists of Atlanta, is on the board of the Medical Association of Atlanta and is a delegate to the Medical Association of Georgia annual House of Delegates. He has been selected to the League of Leaders with the Institute of Healthcare Consumerism and service on the IHC editorial advis…

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MBN feat. Jacquel Tucker & The J Tucker Group 30:06

3y ago30:06

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Jacquel Tucker Coach Jacquel Tucker is full of passion and fire and it's easy to understand why. If someone had told her when she was a little girl growing up in rural Jamaica with her parents and 8 siblings that one day she would feed up to 2,000 families monthly in the USA and it would happen during the worst pandemic, she would have laughed, tol…

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MBN feat. Dr. Glenn Cohen 31:38

3y ago31:38

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DR. GLENN D. COHEN Credentials Subspecialty Certificate in Surgery of the Hand Diplomate American Board of Orthopaedic Surgeons Fellow American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) Education Hand Surgery Fellowship: Tufts / New England Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts 1999-2000 Orthopaedic Surgery Residency: Los Ang…

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MBN feat. Shannon Russo - Kinetix HR 22:38

3+ y ago22:38

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Medcare Business Network w/ Special Guest Shannon Russo/Kinetix HR Kinetix is a recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) firm for growth companies. Your company is good at what you do – and you know it. Otherwise you wouldn’t be growing while your competitors are looking for cheap office space in the “warehouse district” – or whatever they named it to…

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MBN feat. Mark Bush - A Step Above 18:54

3+ y ago18:54

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To understand who Mark is and his purpose, you have to know his story. Mark was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. At the tender age of 3, Mark and his twin brother, Marlon witnessed the brutal murder of their mother , at the hands of their father. Their father then took his own life by jumping in front of a train. Mark considers himself to have…

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Genetic Testing Errors Negatively Impact Therapeutic Decision Making 28:17

3+ y ago28:17

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Send us a text Genetic Testing Errors Negatively Impact Therapeutic Decision Making In this episode, we continue our discussion with Meagan Farmer and Danielle Bonadies as we discuss how the Top Errors in Genetic Testing may be negatively affecting therapeutic decision making. We also discuss ways that life science companies may be able to appropri…

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Top Errors in Genetic Testing 25:05

3+ y ago25:05

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Send us a text Top Errors in Genetic Testing Negatively Impact Therapeutic Decision Making In today's episode we take a look at some of the significant challenges and errors we are seeing in the use of genetic and genomic testing, as they become mainstreamed into our clinical treatment protocols. Today we highlight the Top Errors in Genetic Testing…

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The Battle over Site-of-Care 11:26

3+ y ago11:26

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Send us a text The Battle over Site-of-Care In this episode, my good friend and colleague, Ellen Feinstein, and I continue our debrief of the December Oncology Thought Leader’s panel meeting. Today, we focus on how our panel member’s are handling their battles over Site-of-Care, also some of their thoughts on care redesign, as well as looking at ca…

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Critical Issues Facing Academic Cancer Centers 20:23

3+ y ago20:23

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Send us a text Critical Issues Facing Academic Cancer Centers A few weeks ago, we hosted our December meetings of the Oncology Thought Leaders Network, a part of TKG’s Networks of Excellence, where we discussed many of the critical issues in cancer center administration and care delivery. In this episode, we debrief our Thought Leader's discussion …

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Genetic Testing – Leveraging Results to Identify Patients for New Therapies 18:07

3+ y ago18:07

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Send us a text Genetic Testing – Leveraging Results to Identify Patients for New Therapies Today’s guest is Danielle Bonadies, a master’s trained genetic counselor and the Director of Genetics for My Gene Counsel. Danielle co-authored a poster presentation at the annual conference of the National Society of Genetic Counselors in September. The stud…

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Genetic Testing – Managing Updates to Medical Management and Risk Profiling 20:38

3+ y ago20:38

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Send us a text Genetic Testing – Managing Updates to Medical Management and Risk Profiling Today’s guest is Danielle Bonadies, a master’s trained genetic counselor and the Director of Genetics for My Gene Counsel. Danielle co-authored a poster presentation at the annual conference of the National Society of Genetic Counselors in September. The stud…

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Melissa Childress, COO, Seidman Cancer Center - People & Process Driven Innovation 30:08

3+ y ago30:08

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Send us a text Melissa Childress, COO, Seidman Cancer Center - People & Process Driven Innovation In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we will be highlighting the findings from our Oncology Thought Leaders meeting discussion on People and Process Driven Innovations coming out of the COVID pandemic, and exploring some of these issues in a l…

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PART 2- Understanding the Complexities U.S. Drug Price Contracting 20:43

3+ y ago20:43

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Send us a text PART 2- Understanding the Complexities U.S. Drug Price Contracting There has been a ton of talk about the need for “transparent pricing,” as well as controlling the cost of drugs in the US. There seems to be a lot of finger pointing going on and it often looks like the providers and the manufacturers are taking a lot of the heat…!? O…

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PART 1 - Understanding the Complexities of US Drug Price Contracting 22:56

3+ y ago22:56

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Send us a text PART 1 - Understanding the Complexities of US Drug Price Contracting There has been a ton of talk about the need for “transparent pricing,” as well as controlling the cost of drugs in the US. There seems to be a lot of finger pointing going on and it often looks like the providers and the manufacturers are taking a lot of the heat…!?…

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Part 2 - Technology Driven Innovations in Cancer Care; Amy Porter-Tacoronte, Duke Health 22:58

3+ y ago22:58

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Send us a text Part 2 - Technology Driven Innovations in Cancer Care; Amy Porter-Tacoronte, Duke Health In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we continue our discussion, highlighting the findings from our Oncology Thought Leaders meeting discussion on Technology Driven Innovations coming out of the COVID pandemic, and exploring some of thes…

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Part 1 - Technology Driven Innovations in Cancer Care; Amy Porter-Tacoronte, Duke Health 21:02

3+ y ago21:02

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Send us a text Part 1 - Technology Driven Innovations in Cancer Care; Amy Porter-Tacoronte, Duke Health In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we highlight the findings from our Oncology Thought Leaders meeting discussion on Technology Driven Innovations coming out of the COVID pandemic, and exploring some of these issues in a little more de…

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PART 2 - Advancing Patient-Centered Care 22:08

3+ y ago22:08

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Send us a text Advancing Patient-Centered Care – Part 2 Each summer, The Kinetix Group brings in several student interns, to explore the critical issues in healthcare, and learn alongside the TKG team. In this episode of TKG’s Healthcare Insights, we will be highlighting the findings from three of our summer intern’s research projects, focused on “…

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