8 years ago with an 8% chance of surviving 5 years, I set 2 goals:
(1) to live to my 50th birthday ✅
(2) to see my son graduate HS ✅
FU stage IV #cancer. We did it!! 🎓💖👨🎓🙏🎉#miraclesdohappen#grateful#blessed#classof22
Next week, more than 140 NHC member nonprofit leaders, sponsors, and guests will connect at NHC #HLC2023! This year’s theme is Change Agents for Patient Health - offering attendees the chance to exchange best practices, network, & more. https://bit.ly/3kX9BuA
passionately sing “Silver Springs” to Lindsey Buckingham in “The Dance” to basically torture him remains one of the best things I’ve ever seen 25 years later
On this #WorldCancerDay, we are honored to share a story from our colleague, Marina Breycher, a Decentralized Clinical Trials Implementation Lead in Denver, CO, who is currently battling breast cancer.
Very busy 2 days for #patients in the Hurt household 🏥 Today I’m addressing a pain that I was putting off until after Emmett’s 🦷 surgery. Undergoing lots of tests 😕❤️🩹And I challenge you to have more diagnoses than me 🏆#cancer#patientlife
Anesthesia, nurses, clinical staff all amazing ❤️ Every precaution was taken for Emmett’s aspiration risk to protect his airway. Pain relief thoroughly addressed #grateful#patientcare
for extraction of Emmett’s 4 impacted wisdom teeth🦷 Deepest gratitude to Dr. Martin Eichner for being our ally for insurance auths and easing this #raredisease mom’s anxiety ❤️ We are in recovery- Emm doing well 🙏😇
I believe I've said this before, but it bears repeating.
"Just give her chemo" belies a minimizing assessment of the toxicity of treatments. When the risks outweigh the benefits, no matter how hard it is, we have an ethical obligation to oppose such requests.
💯 Patient led research disrupts the power inequality inherent in the medical system. It addresses paternalism, economic incentives, determination of projects that matter, and ways of respectfully engaging the community in one fell swoop.
Moving from patient centric #patients includedpatient led https://participatorymedicine.org/epatients/2023/02/patients-and-industry-starting-our-new-life-together-in-2023.html…
Update & overview of @US_FDA patient focused drug development guidance & new DEI mandate for #biotech & #pharma sponsors @S4PM#clinicaltrials#research#patientengagement#advocacy
"Spa in a Box" or "Work Break in a Box" at 10% off though Feb 14 using checkout code LOVE10 http://adarose.com
We'll even wrap it with a red satin ribbon if you like. Spread the ❤️!
for this important update about improving patient-centered health care. #PatientAdvocacy#S4PM#Patients and Industry: Starting Our New Life Together in 2023 - SPM Blog
Fantastic panel this afternoon on why the rare disease story is important and how #hitmc can include the rare patient and caregiver stories in communications plans and more moving forward. Thank you to those who showed up and out for this important conversation! #digitalhealth
At #SCOPE2023, our own Neil Berger will explore the changing landscape of clinical development and how FSP is shifting from a “buy it” to “build it” approach through collaborative partnerships and talent development. Stop by Booth #507 to connect with the team!
The Biden Administration has announced it's ending the COVID public health emergency May 11. Here's what that means.
https://kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/what-happens-when-covid-19-emergency-declarations-end-implications-for-coverage-costs-and-access/…
Practical tips and first-hand advice for #digitalendpoint selection and implementation. Attend the February 9 webinar to learn the how, what and why of digital endpoint adoption. Brought to you by
Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth as a white, privileged person who graduated with 3 black kids in my HS class and who since then has been on a quest to diversify my perspectives and understand others’ experiences that differ from my own 🫱🏾🫲🏻#WhiteForBlack
For patient advocates… how we understand the healthcare industry is self taught because it is survival. It’s both our greatest strength and weakness.
We’re left to piece together the nuances of the most complex industry in the country ourselves while operators build it.
Whoever these referees are. Please make sure they never officiate an AFC Championship game ever again. As a matter of fact…they should be gone for good. Unbiased opinion here…The bengals got shafted tonight. Really poor performance all around. Sucks to watch.
I haaaaaate having a great professional talk with someone and thinking we’re the same age, only to learn they are 9 years younger than me 😄 I can’t change the years #cancer stole from me, so I pledge to double down on every single day of the years ahead 💪#advocacy#grateful
Enough with (non) entertaining Lies! When Vigilante Journalism Runs Unchecked, People Die! How speed and tribalism damage #publichealth.
With freedom of the press comes societal responsibility.
#COVID#Science#Viralnews#ProjectVeritas
Advances in digital health create opportunities for richer evidence generation and improved patient experiences throughout the drug development and commercialization process. This
“#Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.” —Franklin D. Roosevelt
#leadership#lifehacks#weekendmood
✳️The paper that we discussed the role of neoadjuvant IO therapy for pts with MSI-H colon and rectal cancer is now accepted for publication ❗️✳️We reviewed the recent ground breaking progress and elaborated on challenges and future opportunities ❗️