The Evolution of Patient-Centric Healthcare Through Lived Experience

Explore how lived patient experiences are transforming clinical trials and corporate leadership in the life sciences sector.

CAR-T therapy drives remission in patient with three autoimmune diseases

For the first time, scientists have used a modern cell therapy called CAR-T to treat a patient with three different ...

New Patient Insights Reveal Opportunities for Rare Epilepsy Care

Patients and families reveal critical gaps and opportunities in genetic testing, diagnosis, and precision medicine ...

Workers charged in patient’s 2020 death at D.C. psychiatric hospital

Criminal neglect counts against three former staffers over a man’s death follow years of abuse claims by disability rights advocates and ex-patients’ lawsuits.
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Patient-Centered Care, Yes; Patients As Consumers, No

Michael K. Gusmano ([email protected]) is an associate professor of health policy at Rutgers University, in Piscataway Township, New Jersey, and a research scholar at the Hastings Center, a nonprofit ...

Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew

New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.

First Nebraska patient receives new implant for stroke recovery

Mark Wilson became the first patient in Nebraska to receive a Vivistim implant, a new treatment that could help stroke ...
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Challenges And Opportunities For Improving Patient Safety Through Human Factors And Systems Engineering

While the value of HF/SE in improving patient safety has been demonstrated, the field remains significantly underused and not well understood. 9 In this article we describe HF/SE, its different facets ...