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Specialty pharma’s next big opportunity: it’s time for patient access to adopt an open protocol

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healthcare facilities were found to have an EHR system fully implemented by 2004. Open protocol, simply put, is a digital language that facilitates electronic transactions among prescribers, pharmacies, patient support vendors, data aggregators, insurers, and other stakeholders in the specialty pharmaceutical patient journey.

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NHC Comments on the Federal Evidence Agenda on Disability Equity

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Too often the formal notice and comment process does not reach these marginalized communities and federal agencies must actively work to seek their input in non-traditional ways. This process respects their autonomy by involving them in decision-making to the extent that they are able.