Contributor: Angela Rylands Patient Centred Outcome Consultant, Angela Rylands recently attended the 2-day The 4th Quality of Life in Cancer EORTC meeting in Brussels (over 360 delegates from 44 countries across the globe). Angela reported it to be an excellent meeting consisting of oncology patients, clinicians, measurement experts (scientists, health care professionals and…
Samantha Oliver, MD, pH Associates Dorinda Hickey, CEO, OPEN Access Consulting On Thursday 18th and Friday 19th May, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) will host their two day conference at the ACC in Liverpool. This year’s conference is set within the Liverpool’s vibrant waterfront area and will bring together representatives from health,…
After more than 20 years of working in business and studying human behaviour, we’ve reached the conclusion that one of the most important things a leader can do is ‘feel good first’.
It’s surprisingly easy to enter survival mode and completely lose sight of what’s important in life. Busy schedules, high pressure and regular routines mean that we can very easily go into autopilot and not even notice.
As an independent and self-confessed achievement addict, I’d rather stick pins in my eyes than compromise my work or risk disappointing someone.
Some believe that intelligence is a fixed characteristic which we can’t grow or develop. However, recent research into ‘growth mindset’ suggests that academic performance and intelligence can be learned.
The benefits and challenges of using Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) in routine clinical practice are discussed in the recent 12th January 2017 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine1. Ethan Basch describes how recent advances in technology have allowed for clinician review of PROs completed by patients between clinic appointments in specialist settings, improving…
Demonstrating value through patient centred evidence in the real world is critical throughout a product lifecycle Background The possibilities and benefits associated with the collection of real world data can often be overlooked amidst the many guidelines and gold standard documents1,2 for patient-centered outcome (PCO) data collection in clinical trials. The gathering of healthcare data…
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RWE not just Real World Effectiveness Real World Evidence (RWE) is a term commonly used within the industry to describe evidence that is derived from data that has been collected outside the context of standard clinical trials. It is perhaps this comparison with clinical trials that leads some to focus on real world effectiveness and…
