Tag: Patient Influencers

HealtheVoices 2019: A Little Heart Can Do Big Things

HealtheVoices, what an event?! This past weekend, Janssen presented its 5th annual HealtheVoices conference and it did not disappoint. Bringing together 140 top Patient Leaders, across condition areas, it was a weekend full of excitement, learning, and friendship. From learning how to infuse humor into your advocacy to writing memoirs to mastering your Twitter engagement…

WEGO Health Tips: 6 Steps for Recruiting Other Patients

The rise of social media and online connectivity is making co-collaboration across the healthcare industry easier than ever. Whether it's recruiting patients in a specific condition area for insights work or completing a mass survey, healthcare companies are looking to Patient Leaders for help in gaining deeper engagement and insights of patients and consumers.  What's In…

#WEGOHealthChat Recap: Commitments + #WTFix = How Can We Help Each Other?

In case you missed our July #WEGOHealthChat, we’ve got this awesome recap for you! Last month we partnered with Healthsparq for the What's The Fix? Conference and for the July #WEGOHealthChat we wanted to ask how the commitments you made to improve healthcare were progressing. We discussed what you want to see changed in health care,…

6th Annual WEGO Health Awards – Endorsements Are Open!

Endorsements are now open in the 6th Annual WEGO Health Awards. So, what does that mean for you, WEGO Health Nominee? Take a moment, and read the following, as it will help to give you an understanding of what's to come over the next few months. We're extremely excited to head into this phase and…

WEGO Health November Community Update

The last few months have been busy, busy, busy in the patient advocacy world! Conferences, summits, meetings, twitter chats, blog weeks, #HAWMC, awareness campaigns – you name it, it probably happened. Here at WEGO Health, we love getting involved with these activities. Here at WEGO Health, we love getting involved with these activities. Jack Barrette,…

Today is Acromegaly Awareness Day!

With so many awareness months, do you have time for one whole awareness day?! November 1st, today. A rare, one-day opportunity for a rare disease…ACROMEGALY! Who-hoo!! Acromegaly is a GH (growth hormone) producing tumor. First, it is on the pituitary-gland which is basically back between your eyes. It is the control center for just about…