Redefining Life as a Patient and Caregiver : Experts by Experience 2018

Redefining Life as a Patient and Caregiver : Experts by Experience 2018 Parenting and caring for a child with a medical condition challenges Erin Moriarty Wade. She writes, “I know that the patient experience begins long before you meet the doctor. I know that sometimes even parking your car can become a big part of that experience–especially when you have to park at a distance with a cranky toddler in a stroller, and a child hobbling in pain. I understand the fear that patients may feel, and I appreciate the role of the oft-forgotten caregiver.” Early [...]

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Apr 2019By |0 Comments

Diversity Initiatives? Are They Worth It?

Diversity Initiatives? Are They Worth It? When I asked audience members at a panel discussion during the inaugural Clinical Leader Forum, held in Philadelphia on May 10-11, 2017, three questions about diversity in clinical trials, I got some surprising answers. The questions were: How many attendees come from organizations that value diversity? How many come from organizations that prioritize diversity? How many attendees acknowledge their own personal biases that may impact their ability to effectively address diversification? Although many in the audience came from organizations that value diversity, there were fewer that came from organizations that are [...]

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Oct 2017By |0 Comments

Find Your SMART: A blueprint for patient engagement

Find Your SMART: A blueprint for patient engagement The drug development process has historically siloed pharmaceutical companies and patients until the time comes for clinical trials. Drug development is a complex, expensive process that requires a lot of expertise. But patients are experts on their own experience of illness and their insights should be more integral to drug development. The pharmaceutical industry is already on the path towards integrating the patient experience early and often in the drug development process, partly because of the 21st Century Cures Act, which was made law in 2016 [my colleague Jeff [...]

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Jul 2017By |0 Comments

Humanizing The Brand Experience: Five Ways to Optimize Your Patient-Centric Strategy with Social Media

Humanizing The Brand Experience: Five Ways to Optimize Your Patient-Centric Strategy with Social Media Today, over 65% of American adults are using social media sites, and adoption from seniors (65 and older) has grown from 0% in 2006 to 35% in 2015. This digital transcendence has had profound implications for healthcare and medicine, which is now the leading factor that is enabling the entire healthcare ecosystem to pivot around the patient-centric model. The one-size-fits-all wonder drug and the physician-voice-driven model, as we know it, is rapidly undergoing a paradigm shift towards advanced biologics (i.e., cell-based immunotherapies) and [...]

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Jun 2017By |0 Comments