Patient-Centered Care

We are at an incredibly exciting and dynamic time in the development of new therapies in the fight against cancer. Every single accelerant is a potential mother, father, husband, wife, friend, or child with the potential to be saved from...

Today, most people’s interactions with the health-care system are reactive, driven by crisis and disease. Some of us have the resources to engage in routine checkups or regular physical exams, but most of us only go to the doctor when...

Health-care systems and innovation models have been moving with increased acceleration from a focus on the “care of disease” to the “care and cure of the  person.” Stakeholders have spent nearly 20 years rallying for a reality in which...

Language matters. At a February 2016 workshop of leaders committed to expanding patient engagement hosted by FasterCures, just 22 percent felt there was broad agreement on what the term “patient-centered” means or represents. The need to...

Decision-makers in research, industry, policy and health-care settings are actively seeking robust sources of patient data to inform patient-centered practices, policies and outputs. Scientific rigor throughout this process is of paramount...

The impact of patient engagement has been demonstrated by numerous case studies for specific diseases and products, as well as a model for the return on investment. There is now a growing call for expanding beyond single examples of patient...

FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, designed this guide for patient advocacy organizations that are interested in hosting, or are currently planning, an externally led patient-focused drug development (PFDD) meeting. We have...

Prosperity is an interesting word, and for many, I would expect, the concept of wealth changes over time. In my younger years, I would have suggested prosperity meant sufficient wealth to provide for my family. Translated, this would...

As people living in modern society, we widely believe that the market-based system of the United States, and similar ecosystems, leads to the highest distribution of prosperity because of relatively efficient resource allocation. The...

“What outcomes matter to patients?” This question is asked at nearly every meeting in biomedical R&D and health care. As FasterCures has documented over the years, there is a big change afoot to place patients in the center of medical...