What do patients want from their doctors? From their hospitals?
What do patients think of the healthcare industry?
You got those answers recently at the MedCity ENGAGE patient engagement conference: both through on-stage speeches and a special project with ShareWIK, which worked with MedCity News to produce a series of “patient-on-the-street” interviews asking for their thoughts on topics from mobile apps to what they would change about healthcare.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
In these five video excerpts, patients outline their top desires and concerns. It’s worth a watch.
1. Transparency
2. Better customer service
Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
3. A real relationship with doctors
4. A smaller role for health insurance companies
5. Empowerment
