Those of you who follow me on Twitter will have seen that yesterday I attend the PM Society’s event on patient collaboration. I found it a well put together event with a good balance of presenters from all the main stakeholder groups (perhaps with the exception of carers who were not represented). The first presentationContinue reading “Patient collaboration”
Category Archives: Patient centric
The value of respecting your customers … in pharma
My last post was all about the value of respecting your customers, particularly if you are an airline, and was based upon my terrible experience with Turkish Airlines. To complete that article I should add that my experience with Turkish Airlines continued to be bad including during the flight with some of the most inedibleContinue reading “The value of respecting your customers … in pharma”
J&J strikes gold … and ignores it
So I was meant to write a summary of SXSW but I wanted to write about a post I saw today on J&J’s Facebook about autoimmune diseases (and in case you can’t be bothered to scroll through Facebook here the post on the J&J blog). There were a couple of things that struck me. FirstContinue reading “J&J strikes gold … and ignores it”
When a restaurant ignores your gluten allergy
I am very open about the fact that I have an autoimmune disease, Hashimoto’s, and I try to do my bit to help educate others about this disease, and other autoimmune diseases. I feel as an educated patient, who works in digital health, I am well placed to do so and to a degree feelContinue reading “When a restaurant ignores your gluten allergy”
Social media & breaking down health stigma
This week I saw a really powerful video called “I had a black dog, his name was depression” which was developed by the WHO to talk about depression. Despite this video being a bit “long” at just over 4 minutes I watched it through to the very end. As someone who has had my ownContinue reading “Social media & breaking down health stigma”
De Puy and their patients
This morning I spotted an article in The Telegraph about how patients may have been fitted with faulty hip replacements due to a manufacturing error at the De Puy plant. According to the article De Puy is not being exactly responsive in answering questions on this and may have known about the problem for some time.Continue reading “De Puy and their patients”
The evolution of medicine
The other day I listened to a really interesting presentation by Tom Blue, Chief Strategy Officer, American Association of Private Physicians, on the evolution of medicine. He made some fantastic points about how medicine, and the industry surrounding it, has changed over the years. It started with our battle against infectious disease, and the magicContinue reading “The evolution of medicine”
Packaging – people do care!
A couple of days ago I came across a very interesting question posted on Twitter. A patient had posted an image of their medication package and reached out to @novonordisk to ask why the new packaging was so big compared to the old packaging. I noticed this post for a couple of reasons. Firstly IContinue reading “Packaging – people do care!”
Patient centric – this year’s buzzword?
The term “patient centric” seems to be cropping up more and more but is it just another buzzword, like Multi-Channel Marketing was last year? And what exactly does “patient centric” mean? Looking first at the meaning of “patient centric” – it essentially is what it says! It is about putting the patient at the center.Continue reading “Patient centric – this year’s buzzword?”
