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Ease The Pain – Making Payment Models, Tech, Integration Work For Patients

Roche Could Consider Differential Pricing For Pooled Purchases

 
• By Vibha Ravi

Multiple payment models, including differential pricing for pooled purchases, and technology-based healthcare platforms are some of the ways to build a patient-centric ecosystem said officials from Roche, VCs and non-government bodies at a recent conference

Concept of integrated healthcare
Integrated Healthcare Approaches Are The Need Of The Hour • Source: Shutterstock

While a ‘patient-centric’ approach makes for good sound bites, it takes a lot of thought and effort to make it work in real life. Done right, the methodology could substantially ease the lives of caregivers and of patients with chronic diseases like cancer.

At the recent BioAsia conference, two panels discussed, among other topics, how integrated healthcare, multiple payment models and access mechanisms

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