If an outpatient procedure is in your future, you can give yourself peace of mind by asking a few questions — something a private patient advocate could certainly help you with. Since the first ...

Several families of children suffering from rare diseases and patient advocacy groups (PAGs) have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda to remove the cap of ...

The US Department of Veterans Affairs today revealed that hundreds of appointment notification postcards were sent to incorrect patients because of a printing error ...

[3] To not advocate on behalf of a patient -- even if it means jumping the chain of command or getting right up in a nurse manager's, hospital administrator's, or healthcare provider's face -- is ...

As of 7 February, CZI’s group of 50 rare disease patient advocacy organisations can utilise Komodo’s high-fidelity data, analytics tools, Healthcare Map, and software to access information on ...

NEW DELHI: As India remains the thalassemia capital of the world, the Thalassemia Patients Advocacy Group (TPAG) has written an open letter to the Union Health Minister JP Nadda to launch a ...

The letter added that approximately 38 patients from three CoEs have been running from pillar to post after exhausting their one-time financial support of ₹50 lakh. The advocacy groups say ...

Over the last 25 years, patient advocacy groups (PAGs) have evolved from being optional participants to more formalised, structured, accepted members of the healthcare and research ecosystem.

The conclave served as a platform to assess current challenges, explore innovative treatment approaches, and advocate for systemic change to enhance patient outcomes and quality of life.

Increasingly, many doctors find they must speak up and be advocates before a world that seemingly cares little for the lives and rights of their patients. In some cases, that advocacy has been in ...