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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2018
Health consumer choice drives better care
27 March 2018 - Giving people greater choice in human services including health would give consumers more control over their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2018
Patient and public involvement in early awareness and alert activities: an example from the United Kingdom
6 March 2018 - The aim of this study is to report on the experiences, benefits, and challenges of patient and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2017
Engaging with patients on health policy changes: an urgent issue
8 December 2017 - Back in the 1980s, when I was practicing as a faculty primary care physician at an academic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Dec 2017
Consumer outcome statement for the post-market review of PAH medicines
8 December 2017 - A consumer session was held with patients with PAH and their carers during the PHAA Members Carers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2017
Consumers’ voice drives digital health
7 December 2017 - Health consumers are central to the design and delivery of a digital transformed health sector and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2017
Reflections on the NICE decision to reject patient production losses
20 November 2017 - Patient production losses occur when individuals’ capacities to work, whether paid or unpaid, are impaired by illness, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2017
The “utility” in composite outcome measures
14 November 2017 - Measuring what is important to patients. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2017
Evaluation of patient and public involvement initiatives in health technology assessment: a survey of international agencies
10 November 2017 - Although there is increased awareness of patient and public involvement among health technology assessment organisations, evaluations of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2017
Patient centred care is missing in action in Australia
30 October 2017 - The success of modern medicine is popularly seen in terms of hospitals and life-saving surgery. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2017
The innovation health care really needs: help people manage their own health
30 October 2017 - Finally, health care, which has been largely immune to the forces of disruptive innovation, is beginning ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2017
Exploration and preferential ranking of patient benefits of medical devices: a new and generic instrument for health economic assessments
25 October 2017 - For medical devices, benefits other than direct clinical effects may have a large impact on the patients’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2017
Taking patient heterogeneity and preferences into account in health technology assessments
25 October 2017 - The INTEGRATE-HTA project provided methodology to evaluate complex technologies. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2017
Strengthening the assessment of medical devices and information for consumers
26 October 2017 - A new regulatory framework for surgical mesh devices and provision of information to the consumers for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2017
Statement by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on new steps by FDA to advance patient engagement in the agency’s regulatory work
11 October 2017 - The FDA is hosting a pioneering event today: the first meeting of the Patient Engagement Advisory ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2017
Bargaining with cancer patients about treatment
2 September 2017 - Doctors at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center borrowed negotiating tactics from Harvard Business School. ...