Category Archives: Listening to patients

Patient Centeredness in Policy & Practice:
Live from ECRI_FDA Meeting

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Laura Newman

Numerous challenges various entities are facing and building patient-centeredness. Panel #1: Susan Dentzer, Health Affairs, Margaret Hamburg, FDA Commissioner, MD, Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, AHRQ, Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH, Executive Director, PCORI Hamburg: onslaught of HIV/AIDS epidemic in NYC … Continue reading →

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Live from ECRI_FDA Meeting

A Call for Professional Translators and Interpreters for Non-Native US Speakers

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Laura Newman

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89ny6vtP4gQ&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Video by the Texas Association of Healthcare Interpreters and Translators, Houston, TX How many times have you been to the emergency room or doctor’s office where people who speak limited English are having difficulty communicating what’s wrong? Have you … Continue reading →

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Join the Conversation: Patient POV Steps Up Posting In May

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Laura Newman

Because I have not been getting posts up more than once a week, I decided to join Word Count’s Blogathon. It starts today (May 1). A blogathon is a challenge, much like a marathon race or triathlon, to focus your … Continue reading →

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Listening to Patients: Voices from the Underground

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Laura Newman

You don’t have to look very far to find patients who feel nobody is listening to them these days, even though there is a robust patient empowerment and support community. Yet a wealth of stories are not being told because … Continue reading →

Posted in A Declaration of Purpose, Listening to patients, Patient stories | 9 Comments