I love talking about peer-to-peer health care, noodling over survey research questions, and meeting new people. Thanks to an introduction from Craig Lipset, I recently got to do all three. Denell Lewis is a student in the final year of her Masters of Regulatory Affairs/ Masters in Law program at the University of Pennsylvania. She […]
Clinical Trials
Why people participate in clinical trials: altruism and access
I’m honoring the contributions of my community colleagues over the years by pulling out some of their best comments and quotes. Rahlyn Gossen, in response to Peer-to-peer healthcare: Crazy, crazy, crazy, obvious (2011): By far the biggest hurdle to clinical trials recruitment is awareness. The public is generally not aware and doctors are not informing […]
One voice, many inflections: HIV clinical trial communications
I’m re-sexifying the top of this post since it’s so long and I want people to get these key take-aways (read on for details on each one): Expect clinical trial participants to share news with their networks. Plan accordingly. Make your information attractive and share-able where people already are, on Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc. Find […]
Superheroes and rock stars at the Institute of Medicine
Update: National Cancer Policy Forum published a book based on the workshop, A Foundation for Evidence-Based Practice: A Rapid Learning System for Cancer Care, which you can buy, read online for free, or download as a PDF. The discussion portion of this panel was captured in a short video. ___________________ The Institute of Medicine’s recent […]
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