Tag: Patient Advocates
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WEGO Health Survey: Patient Leaders are Solidly Behind Drug Price Transparency
With consumers feeling the pinch of healthcare costs more intensely than ever, the debate over cost transparency is only getting more heated. Nobody is feeling that heat more than pharma. Prescription drugs are an ever-increasing share of our out-of-pocket medical costs. And by all accounts, it’s going to get worse. The CMS Office of the…
It’s Time to Make a Bigger Dent
Every company reinvents itself. Sometimes it's skin-deep, like rolling out a new logo or a bolder mission statement. Other times, it fundamentally changes how a company solves problems and achieves a social impact. In the twelve years since I founded WEGO Health, the process of reinvention has never really stopped. That's not to say it…
WEGO Health Patient Leader Inspiration
2018 – where has the time gone? Wasn’t it just a few weeks ago that we published a blog post honoring Patient Leader 2017 accomplishments? Year after year, we’re continuously inspired by the Leaders in our Patient Leader Network. Through #WEGOHealthChats, our closed Patient Leader Facebook Group, conferences, working on a sponsor program and everywhere in…
Patient Advocacy Groups and the Healthcare Industry: Partnership or Peril?
Both patient advocacy groups (PAGs) and the healthcare industry are ultimately working toward the same goal: Better outcomes for patients. Each has its own way to get there, although sometimes their efforts do overlap. Depending on the circumstances, the overlap can present an opportunity for either partnership or peril. Let’s dig a little deeper to…