Patient outcomes

Health insurers and pharma companies are striking pay-for-results deals under which rebates are offered if a drug does not perform as well in the real world as in clinical trials

Digital health start-up VitalSignum is on track to launch Beat2Phone, a small mobile device that detects arrhythmia by measuring the patient’s ECG, with the first production batch due to be on the market early next month.

Quality of life measures used to assess the value of medical treatments fail to capture what matters to patients and carers. A UK project to develop new metrics could lead to an overhaul of how cost-effectiveness is judged

By measuring and comparing patient outcomes, a hospital group in the Netherlands has cut down on unnecessary x-rays, reduced surgical complications and delivered better results for cancer patients. Payers have taken note