Patient Engagement Does Not End With Understanding Patient Needs When organizations think about patient engagement, the conversation often focuses on insights. What are patients experiencing? What barriers are they facing?...
I Wrote a Book. Actually, I have now written two—a fact that still surprises me daily. If you had told me twelve years ago that I would be an author,...
A Rare Diagnosis My husband and I both agree that Friday, February 13, 2015, was the worst day of our lives. We had endured a six-week diagnostic odyssey for our...
Today brings exciting news for the rare disease community, born from immense effort, patient advocacy, and a refusal to back down. In a historic move, Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) and Duchenne...
“Advocacy is key to the effective functioning of a democratic society and a free market economy.”1 Listening to Understand One of our core values at Patient Advocacy Strategies is listening...
Imagine this: You and your child are in a cold, sterile examination room where motivational posters on the wall preach empty platitudes of encouragement. You’re anxious about getting bad news...
It’s Rare Disease Day and we at Patient Advocacy Strategies were puzzled and disappointed by the ‘postponement’ of this year’s FDA/NIH Rare Disease Day amidst the current political turmoil. The...
