Monday was Groundhog day—at least on North American calendars.
Why do companies keep on doing the same things the same way?
- Managing diseases instead of health, preventative care can avoid significant expenditures.
- Ignoring the impact of conditions on caregivers—let’s schedule some time to discuss Caregivers.
- Drawing incorrect information from databases, using:
- A common licensed database for all products instead of using the right database for each product’s needs.
- A “tokenized” database to proxy social determinants of health (SDoH) instead of a database with SDoH measures. Tokens can introduce the wrong information.
- Proxied data and multiplied by average costs. Do all employee absences or healthcare events cost the same? Let’s discuss sources with real data!
- Keep shifting the healthcare triangle. Every change to the triangle’s corners’ impacts the other corners.
- Manufacturers seek Formulary Access to their products, yet restrict vendor access. Just like the rest of the healthcare triangle, impacting one corner effects the others.
This year, the groundhog said 6 more weeks until spring—and with it AMCP Annual, Asembia, and ISPOR. We continue to publish, present, and strategize. We hope to see you at one of these upcoming meetings—or on a call. Let’s connect and schedule some time and see how Better Health Worldwide can help you make a difference.
While you make your spring plans, please consider sharing your research for the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy’s Inspire2026 meeting (September 22-25 in National Harbor). This is a great opportunity to share your new or encore research on specialty pharmacy (SP) and SP research.
Stay safe, and warm, and remember Spring is Coming!