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Patient Support Isn’t Just About the Price of Therapy: It’s About Safety, Really Rich Data and Trust

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When I talk about patient support programs (PSPs), I’m most often focused on supporting peoples’ access to medicines due to costs, bolstering health literacy, and addressing health citizens’ risks of drivers of health that can be obstacles to optimal health outcomes (those challenging social determinants of health).

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The Evolution of a Patient Ambassador – Learning from Stacy Hurt

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Consider: fighting health insurance appeals, crafting countless medical necessity letters, justifying being discharged against medical orders, and other battles fought hand-in-hand with her husband on behalf of Emmett and his well-being. Why should this be an imperative?

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In Search of Clinical Effectiveness, But “Investment Exuberance?” Not So Much. Insights From FINN Partners and Galen Growth at HLTH 2022

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In a clinical excellence framework with more rationalized exuberance, the new-new digital health things should be underpinned by clinical evidence and excellence and — if they are very, very good things — they will address the Quintuple Aim by, Enhancing the care experience. Reducing costs per capita (per patient).

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Building Trust and Truth in Patient Social Networks

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Social networks give providers-at-risk the opportunity to scale care to larger patient populations, identifying disease-specific patient support groups and caregiver support groups as very powerful platforms for that scaling.

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What Stays True for U.S. Health Care Post #Election2024 (1) – Consumers’ Dissatisfaction with Drug Prices

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At the same time, one-half of people would likely take an additional medication were it covered by insurance. Nearly one-half of insured consumers had not filled a prescription due to cost.