Focus on healthcare, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, with extensive experience writing blog posts, white papers and executive bylines.
Sarcoma Patient Benefits From Integrative Limb-Sparing Treatment
Treating sarcoma—cancer that grows in bones or soft tissues—is a complex process that requires the expertise of a range of physicians, including orthopaedic oncologists, general surgery oncologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, pathologists and musculoskeletal radiologists. When Priscilla Windsor was diagnosed with bone sarcoma in her shoulder, she learned firsthand how integrated care led by Atrium Health Levine Cancer Institute can ease the journey to becoming cancer-free.
To Drive Value-Based Healthcare, We Must First Redefine It
The healthcare industry needs to better align with consumers around this notion and their broader perception of what constitutes value.
A Public Health Approach to Addressing Gun Violence
This report reviews the short- and long-term effects of gun violence on the physical and mental health of patients, physicians and caregivers, as well as the financial impact on both patients and health systems. It describes the development and implementation of the violence intervention program at Atrium Health and expected long-term results based on national trends.
Global Health Care Perspectives: Unlocking the Potential of Self-administered Injectable Medicines for Improved Health Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction
This study aims to better understand how patients and health care providers perceive and consider using patient administered medicines to manage chronic conditions–specifically self-administered injectables and on-body delivery systems–in France,Germany, the United Kingdom and United States.
Building bilingual behavioral health care in NC
Durham-based El Futuro serves more than 2,000 Hispanic / Latino people – including those who don’t have health insurance – in 30 North Carolina counties. The organization offers in-person and virtual bilingual counseling for people battling depression, anxiety, substance-use disorder (SUD), and other mental health challenges. By training mental health providers to be culturally responsive to the needs of Hispanic / Latino patients, the staff are helping reduce barriers to access.
Leveraging AI For Good In The Healthcare Industry
Artificial intelligence has garnered a lot of buzz over the last year, rightfully so, for its potential to revolutionize many industries, including healthcare. I believe AI-driven tools could be a game changer in improving human health and solving health inequities that persist in underserved communities in the United States and globally. But we’re facing one big risk: If we don’t collaborate, share data and design AI algorithms correctly, the technology could exacerbate disparities in health.
How Digitizing Data Collection and Analysis in Biopharma Can Drive Better, Faster Insights
Moving from spreadsheets to automated data collection and processing is far from easy, but it could revolutionize drug development. It’s time for the biopharma industry to embrace end-to-end digitalization.
DNA Testing for All?
By incorporating genetic testing into primary care, it might be possible not only to detect diseases and treat them early, but also to fend them off altogether.
Scientists Continue to Fine-Tune Gene Therapies
Three treatments approved in 2017 have ushered in a new era of gene therapy.
Know Your Genes: Testing for Genomic Mutations in Lung Cancer
Testing for genomic mutations in lung cancer helps pinpoint targeted therapies.
Settling the Stomach: Emerging Treatments for Gastric Cancer
Emerging facts about the genetics that drive gastric cancer are leading to new treatments for the disease.
Egg Allergy No Longer a Deterrent for Influenza Vaccine
Although the two leading professional groups for allergists made a strong statement that adults and children with egg allergies no longer need to fear the influenza vaccine, getting these folks to accept the vaccine might take awhile, according to experts.
Center for an Urban Future: In Good Health
The growth potential of New York City's digital health sector
Center for an Urban Future: A Unhealthy Commute
The Transit Challenges Facing New York City's Healthcare Sector