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Pharmacy in Focus: Navigating GLP-1 demand, cost, and sustainability

With demand and utilization expanding, comprehensive clinical support and cost-management strategies are crucial to ensuring accessibility and safeguarding health care budgets.

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The Evernorth Research Institute: Creating Actionable Intelligence to Improve Health for All
March 08, 2023
At the helm of our strategy to use data to better understand and solve health care’s biggest challenges is the Evernorth Research Institute, a team of 30 researchers and data scientists who produce research that informs action for improving people’s health.
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Connecting Our Youngest Patients Quickly and Efficiently With Mental Health Care and Treatment
March 01, 2023
At Evernorth, we are always looking for solutions to expand access to specialized behavioral health care for children and families. Read on to learn more about the ways we are doing that.
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American Youth Increasingly at Risk of Suicide
February 08, 2023
Data shows an alarming increase in suicide ideation and suicide attempts among America’s youth. Understanding key risk factors can help keep them safe.
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A By-the-Numbers Look at the 2022-2023 Flu Season
January 12, 2023
Our data shows a higher prevalence of prescriptions filled for antiviral medications than in previous flu seasons.
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A Worsening Depression Crisis in Teens
October 07, 2022
COVID-19 and other recent events have likely exacerbated stress and depression among teenagers in the United States, who already struggle with mental health stigmas and access to medications and therapies.
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How to Prevent a Spike in Lung Cancer Diagnoses
May 17, 2022
Despite a decline in overall cancer deaths attributed to a decrease in smoking, trends indicate a potential new surge.

Health care innovation that works for you.

We have our sights set on better health for all—more affordable, more effective, and more equitable. In the ever-changing world of health care, the Evernorth Research Institute is tackling clients’ and patients’ biggest health care challenges to better understand and uncover opportunities for breakthrough improvements. 

We give our clients and the industry useful, actionable information to make decisions that increase access to quality care and lower overall costs. Partner with us in our research to share in our discoveries and support tomorrow’s advancements

There’s truth in health care data

At the Evernorth Research Institute, we analyze anonymized, patient-level clinical and administrative data, and industry data to unlock intelligence that prompts action—troubling trends and potential challenges that may affect your beneficiaries and your business, and what to do about them. Our work leverages large and robust data sets, enabling us produce intelligence that sparks change and health care innovation. 

Transforming health care

Our goal is to create more connected, compatible and convenient experiences for patients, providers and plan sponsors—and we believe transforming health care’s biggest challenges is the right place to start.

What does that transformation look like? For patients, it may be greater access and lower costs. For providers, it may be more transparency and greater collaboration across specialties. For plan sponsors, it may be reducing the administrative burden so many experience. Transformation isn’t easy, but at the Evernorth Research Institute, we believe it is possible when it is purposeful and rooted in research. 

Clinical Advisory Board

Unlocking insights and collaborating to turn those insights into action

Urvashi Patel, PhD

Vice President, Data + Analytics, Evernorth Research Institute

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Glen Stettin, MD

Sr. Vice President + Chief Innovation Officer, Evernorth

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Pooja Bhardwaja

Senior Medical Director, Evernorth Care Group

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Eric Gratias, MD, FAAP

Chief Medical Officer, EviCore

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Douglas Nemecek, MD, MBA

Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health, Evernorth

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Vontrelle Roundtree, MD, MPT

Associate Chief Medical Officer, MDLIVE

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Neema Stephens, MD

National Medical Director for Health Equity, Cigna Group

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Evernorth Research Institute in the News

Study: Antiviral meds prescribed at fast pace

Fierce Healthcare featured flu trend data from the Evernorth Research Institute along with insights from Urvashi Patel and Dr. Vontrelle Roundtree.

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