Better Living Through Data

This episode explores the growing population of older adults living with HIV in long-term care and why traditional testing and care assumptions no longer fit. It also highlights how multi-dimensional EHR data, including BIMS, SDOH, and long-term ART tracking, is helping researchers understand real-world outcomes and personalize care. Learn more about Study Buddy and sign up for free access: https:...

A new study from Annals of Internal medicine suggests the recombinant shingles vaccine could reduce dementia risk by 24%, with just 17 older adults needing vaccination to prevent one case. The episode also explores how PointClickCare Life Sciences' EHR data helped power the analysis and reveals a major gap in vaccination rates among skilled nursing facility residents. Read this new study: https://...

Older adults with headache disorders are often overlooked, even as pain, fatigue, sleep disruption, and polypharmacy shape daily function and fall risk. This episode explores why awareness matters and how long-term and post-acute care data can help connect symptoms, outcomes, and treatment decisions for a high-need population. To learn more about our data and sign up for free access to Study Buddy...

This episode explores why Alzheimer’s and related dementias are far more complex than a diagnosis, especially in older adults with multiple conditions and care transitions. It also examines how long-term care data can help researchers and providers identify patients earlier, understand real-world outcomes, and better evaluate therapies. To learn more about our data and sign up for free access to S...

This episode explores why a senior fitness observance reveals a much larger healthcare challenge: a rapidly growing older-adult population, complex medication use, and delayed access to care. It also shows how longitudinal long-term care data can connect daily function, outcomes, and treatment patterns to better research, planning, and commercialization. To learn more about our data and sign up fo...

This episode explores why asthma in older adults is so often overlooked, especially in long-term and post-acute care where symptoms can be misattributed to aging, COPD, or heart failure. It also shows how regulatory-grade data can reveal patterns in hospitalizations, medications, biomarkers, quality of life, and social factors that change care decisions. To learn more about our data, and sign up f...

We dig into why arthritis is often dismissed as a normal part of aging, and how that mindset can hide serious losses in mobility, independence, and quality of life. The conversation also explores how long-term health records can reveal early warning signs, comorbidities, and real-world patterns before pain becomes a crisis. To learn more about our data, visit: https://pointclickcare-lifesciences.l...

This episode explores why Older Americans Month is really a call to action for healthier aging, focusing on function, prevention, and the importance of spotting early signs of decline. It also looks at how real-world data in long-term and post-acute care can help teams make more actionable decisions with greater clarity. To learn more about Study Buddy and gain free access visit: https://pointclic...

This follow-up episode continues the Study Buddy conversation from a Pharma perspective, focusing on what it takes for a tool like this to move beyond a simple study helper and become part of real operational infrastructure. We dig into study startup friction, cross-functional handoffs, document control, training records, site alignment, and why adoption across sponsors, CROs, and sites matters mo...

Pharma teams don’t need more hype—they need a faster way to test whether a research question is feasible before committing time and budget. This episode explores how AI plus proprietary long-term and post-acute care data can surface earlier signal, reduce wasted detours, and help teams move with more confidence. To learn more about Study Buddy and register for free access visit https://pointclickc...

Andie Cartwright and Anthony Pero unpack the hidden bottleneck in long-term care research: all the time spent on feasibility checks, cohort building, and variable clarification before a study even begins. They also explore how Study Buddy can turn natural-language questions into structured, grant-ready outputs fast—helping researchers move from idea to critique in minutes, not months. Get free acc...

In this Season 2 premiere, Andie Cartwright and Anthony Pero introduce Study Buddy, a new AI-powered natural language research tool designed to make long‑term care data usable, visible, and actionable. The episode explores how Study Buddy takes granular, longitudinal EHR data—captured daily across millions of older adults—and shortens the evidence cycle from months to minutes, supporting early‑sta...

In this episode, Andie and Anthony break down PointClickCare Life Sciences’ Commercial Dataset and how it helps teams understand the long-term care market, identify therapy opportunities, and measure commercial performance with recent, real-world data. They explore what makes the dataset unique, how market and orders views support different commercial questions, and why one-week data latency matte...

In this episode, Andie Cartwright and Anthony Pero unpack a new real-world EHR study on depression pharmacotherapy in long-term care. They explore how often residents with depression receive treatment, which medication classes are most common, and what the data reveal about disparities tied to race, comorbidities, and facility context. The conversation also looks at what these findings mean for sc...

In recognition of National Kidney Month, Andie Cartwright and Anthony Pero explore chronic kidney disease through two critical lenses: the human impact on aging and vulnerable populations, and the role of real-world data in improving earlier identification, care planning, and outcomes. The episode examines how CKD often progresses silently, why older adults and historically underserved communities...

Andie and Anthony explore the evolving use of medications in dementia care within long-term facilities, uncovering who benefits from treatment through a massive EHR study. The episode highlights demographic disparities, clinical challenges, and how real-world data can shape future policies to improve quality of life for those with ADRD.

In this episode, Andie and Anthony explore the surprising gaps in diabetes treatment among long-term care residents, revealing racial and regional disparities impacting medication access. Discover how real-world data is driving change to improve outcomes for vulnerable seniors.

Andie and Anthony explore the high rates of depression in long-term care and the disparities in treatment access revealed by real-world data. The episode highlights the urgent need for personalized approaches and trust-building to improve care for vulnerable populations.

Andie and Anthony explore the surprising under-treatment of hyperlipidemia in long-term care residents and the social disparities that influence care. Discover how data-driven insights and clinical leadership can improve guideline adherence and enhance cardiovascular outcomes for vulnerable populations.

This episode explores how COVID-19 changed hypertension management in nursing homes, especially among residents with dementia. Hear insights on deprescribing challenges, balancing medication risks, and innovative protocols to improve quality of life in vulnerable populations.

Explore how treatment patterns vary among long-term care residents with dementia, uncovering disparities influenced by demographics and clinical factors. This episode highlights challenges like polypharmacy and the urgent need for new therapies, drawing on real-world insights to improve quality of life for vulnerable populations.

Explore groundbreaking research linking the herpes zoster vaccine to reduced dementia risk in nursing home residents. Dive into how advanced data methods validate these findings and discuss the critical need to improve vaccine uptake among vulnerable populations for better health outcomes.

Join Andie and Anthony as they explore groundbreaking research using PointClickCare’s Life Sciences dataset to uncover medication trends and disparities in senior populations. Discover how data-driven insights are shaping interventions that improve outcomes and foster collaboration across healthcare providers and payers.

Explore the milestone of vaccinating over 6 million residents against flu and its impact on vulnerable populations. Discover how data and collaboration drive effective vaccination campaigns and improve health outcomes in long-term care settings.

Explore the systemic barriers and disparities in medication access for older adults in long-term care facilities. Join hosts Andie Cartwright and Anthony Pero as they delve into PCC Life Sciences' research findings and discuss ways to improve treatment rates and guidelines.