Dear Pharma Conference Planners:

FULL ATTRIBUTION: This is copy/paste from my dear friend Stacy Hurt’s LinkedIn profile. Needless to say, she is the badass of all badasses when it comes to telling it like it is as far as ensuring the patient voice is involved in all healthcare conversations.

Enjoy…

Every #pharma/ #healthcare/ medical device company should have an internal SME (subject matter expert) who identifies as a patient, #caregiver/care partner, or both to guide the development process. There is no proxy for the patient voice as to best optimize the #patientexperience.

There is no shortage of patients who are top-tier SMEs and would hit a home run at your #sales or #clinicaloperations meeting (leading to a permanent role) with how the patient perspective will add value to process improvement and ultimately save money. I’m tagging just a few who will hopefully comment, with many more to be noticed and compensated as consultants.

CONFERENCE PLANNERS: As you finalize your 2023 budgets, ensure that you have speaker honoraria and travel scholarships for patient advocates. Patients will not attend these conferences for free. If you need tips on how to plan an amazing #PatientsIncluded conference with patients/caregivers integrated on panels with industry/clinical decision makers, talk to my friend Lisa Simpson. AcademyHealth does it right!

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: https://bit.ly/3Sig7rN