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Don’t Hesistate to Ask Your Pharmacist

Pharmacists are among the most accessible of medical professionals, but sometimes we hesitate to consult with them about our medications, or we forget they are there to help.  Don’t hesitate to ask your pharmacist!  Learn more…

The Disconnect Between Hospital Marketing and What Patients Need

If you have an acute health problem like a heart attack or stroke, the ambulance will usually take you to the nearest hospital. For something less urgent you will probably go where your primary care doctor refers you. But if you have something chronic and long-term – it could be diabetes, ongoing heart problems, or [...]

Strange Coincidence: When Cancer Strikes Hospital System CEO

Pat Elliott, me and a HUGE cactus at Banner MD Anderson!

I am just back from the Phoenix-metro area. It’s now the 5th largest in the United States and despite home foreclosures, there is still a feeling of growth in many areas. Gilbert, a nearby suburb, has expanded to over 200,000 people and a [...]

Starting with the RIGHT Diagnosis on the Web

People generally have a sense there might be information on the Web that can help them when they are worried about their health. They also have a sense there is a LOT of information and some of it may be wrong. All of that is true. What is a strategy to find the good and [...]

The Drug Companies and Online Social Media

Imagine you’re a pharmaceutical company product manager and your specific product helps people with a chronic illness, or a cancer that can be managed by taking a pill or an injectable medicine over many years. You want to be part of the dialogue patients have with each other. You want to be part of the [...]

Can Pharma Save Dr. Lisa Cuddy?

Maybe you read the other day in The New York Times that the pharmaceutical industry has a problem. Big blockbuster drugs like Lipitor are going off patent and the industry leaders don’t have new blockbusters showing promise to replace them. So the big companies search for little companies with new discoveries and they consider buying [...]

The Bottomline at ASH for Patients

Andrew sums up what all the news out of ASH means for you, the patient. [...]

Treating Cancer Better with Reduced Side Effects

Andrew blogs from the 2nd day of the American Society of Hematology’s 52nd Annual Meeting. [...]

Big News for Coumadin Patients

Are there newer and better medicines to prevent clotting? The new seems to be good. Watch to find out more and look for new videos from heart experts very soon!

Big News for Coumadin Patients from Patient Power® on Vimeo.

Lower Obesity and Save Your Heart

On location at the AHA meeting in Chicago, Andrew discusses lowering your risk of heart disease and how weight affects your risk.

Lower Obesity and Save Your Heart from Patient Power® on Vimeo.