How You Can Achieve Patient Focused Drug Development

How You Can Achieve Patient Focused Drug Development By Monica St Claire The application of a sociolinguistic lens can glean hidden meanings within seemingly ordinary communications. On the Society of Linguists website, Walt Wolfram, director of the North Carolina Language and Life Project at North Carolina State University said, “We use language to send vital social messages about who we are, where we come from, and who we associate with.” Wolfram says that we can learn much about a person just by their choice of a single word.1 In the area of health communication, linguists identify [...]

Learning from patients to improve their experiences with treatments – An Inspire Insights: Discover Case Study

Learning from patients to improve their experiences with treatments - An Inspire Insights: Discover Case Study By Monica St. Claire Around 68,000 people in the US are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year.  Since 2007, in partnership with the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network, Inspire has been providing support to patients and caregivers living with bladder cancer. Today, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network Support Community on Inspire has over 32,000 members and an additional 21,320 worldwide visitors per month. As the leading social networking site in the US, Inspire is home to [...]