Alzheimer's disease
Reengineering Alzheimer's Disease Management
The approval of disease-modifying therapies for early, symptomatic Alzheimer's disease is raising hope for patients and caregivers. And promising new therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities are expected in the next five years. Unfortunately, the healthcare system is not prepared to serve all patients who might benefit from these innovations.
Our project focuses on one key leverage point in advancing health system preparedness in the US: reengineering Alzheimer's disease management (detection, diagnosis, and treatment) to be more primary care oriented.
Outputs from this project will include:
- Roadmap 2030, with a particular focus on transforming early Alzheimer’s disease care
- An open access dynamic simulation model of Alzheimer’ disease for solution design and implementation planning
- Implementation plan for one selected system solution, demonstrating use of the simulation model
- Ongoing communication activities to enhance visibility and catalyze real-world adoption of solutions and tools across the global Alzheimer’s ecosystem.
Obesity
Roadmap for Transforming Obesity Disease Management
Obesity, first classified as a disease rather than a result of lifestyle choices in 2013, is now an epidemic in the US. While the recent approval of effective drug therapies offers new promise for patients, these alone are not enough for optimal treatment and reversing obesity rate trends.
The Obesity Medicines Project focuses on re-engineering healthcare systems to improve obesity disease management. The scope of the future state vision includes (1) Patient Identification, Engagement, and Diagnosis, (2) Shared Capability Building and (3) Integrated Care.
Our Roadmap for Transforming Obesity Disease Management aims to catalyze adoption of effective practices through dissemination and discussion with key stakeholders including policymakers, professional, advocacy, and industry groups.
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Health Affairs Forefront: Bringing Systems Thinking to Drug Value Assessment
March 11, 2025BioCentury OpEd: Biomedical Innovation Requires Health System Innovation
May 21, 2024New team members welcome
We’re seeking founding members of the Precision Access Systems Pilot Network Team. Read more about it here.
About Precision Access Systems
Science is evolving in exciting ways that have the potential to transform health. But too often the healthcare system isn’t ready for these product innovations, undermining our ability to capture their full potential clinical value for patients.
The Precision Access Systems (PAS) Project will help the system catch up with the science of biomedical innovation through:
- System Design Methods focused on streamlining the delivery of the right treatment to the right patient at the right time for a target disease
- Biomedical Health Efficiency metrics to evaluate the impact of the innovations designed in #1 on the performance of the system in capturing product value
Join NEWDIGS
The NEWDIGS consortium is a global “think and do” tank focused on improving health outcomes by accelerating appropriate, timely, and equitable access to biomedical products in ways that are scalable and sustainable for the system.
We tackle challenges that are too big and complex to be addressed by any single organization or stakeholder alone. Join us as we build on our proven multi-stakeholder system design methods to advance the next way of innovation through our Precision Access Systems project.
Contact us at tuftsmcnewdigs@tuftsmedicine.org now for more information!