HIMSSCast: Research as restorative physician medicine

Healthcare Finance News December 20, 2024
Susan Morse

Research programs give patients access to clinical trials that “might be their last and only hope,” said Topography CEO.

The idea to start a company to make clinical research easier for physicians and more accessible to patients began while Alexander Saint-Amand was still in college. His mother, who was sick, hoped to get into a clinical trial, but there was limited access.

Clinical trials based on physician research are still limited to a very small number of doctors who are coming up with the next generation of therapies, said Saint-Amand, who cofounded Topography Health four years ago and is its CEO.

Data shows that 95% of physicians quit research by their third study due to the administrative tasks that bog...

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