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  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Nov 30, 2020

    Supporting Patient Communities One Patient at a Time

    Real World Health Care supports patient communities by spotlighting the organizations and programs that serve patients, their families and care teams. Our sponsor, the HealthWell Foundation, shares our mission and supports patients directly through financial grants that help them afford life-saving medications and treatments. The assistance HealthWell provides isn’t abstract.…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, Uncategorized
  • By Real World Health Care Editorial Staff  |  Jul 18, 2018

    Community Cancer Practices Tackle Behavioral Health Concerns

    This week, Real World Health Care brings you an interview with Robert “Bo” Gamble, director of strategic practice initiatives, Community Oncology Alliance (COA). COA is the only organization dedicated solely to community oncology, where the majority of Americans with cancer are treated. We discussed the importance of allowing cancer patients…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, Behavioral Health, General
  • By Dawn Ehde, PhD, Dept. of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine  |  Mar 15, 2017

    Multiple Sclerosis: Overcoming Pain

    Real World Health Care continues our series on pain management by speaking with Dawn Ehde, PhD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Ehde serves as a clinical psychologist and professor at UW. She conducts research evaluating the efficacy of various behavioral, exercise, and pharmacological interventions…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, General, Pain Management, Secondary Progressive MS
  • By Bob Twillman, PhD, Executive Director, Academy of Integrative Pain Management  |  Feb 15, 2017

    Calling for an Integrative Approach to Pain Management

    This week, Real World Health Care continues our series on pain management with an interview with Bob Twillman, PhD, FAPM, Executive Director of the Academy of Integrative Pain Management. Dr. Twillman is responsible for overseeing federal and state pain policy developments and advocating for those supporting an integrative approach to…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, General, Pain Management
  • By Bryan Jensen, PhD, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System  |  Feb 1, 2017

    Assessing Chronic Pain

    Our series on Pain Management continues this week with insight on how clinicians assess chronic pain. We spoke with Bryan Jensen, PhD, a clinical health psychology postdoctoral fellow at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, where he treats inpatients and outpatients with chronic pain as well as facilitates…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, General, Pain Management
  • By Emily Burke, Ph.D., Director of Instruction, BiotechPrimer.com  |  Jan 18, 2017

    A Big Pain

    Editor’s Note: This article in our pain management series originally appeared in Biotech Primer Weekly.  The Science Behind Opiods The opioid addiction epidemic gained attention at the highest levels of U.S. policy circles this past year, as presidential candidates that disagreed on nearly everything else vowed to make fighting the…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, General, Pain Management
  • By Hossein Borghaei, DO, Fox Chase Cancer Center  |  Nov 16, 2016

    NSCLC: The Promise of Immunotherapy

    As part of our series on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Real World Health Care spoke with Hossein Borghaei, D.O., in the Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, which is part of the Temple Health System. Dr. Borghaei serves as Chief, Thoracic Medical Oncology; Director, Lung Cancer Risk…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, General, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Treatment Horizons
  • By Gregory Masters, MD, FASCO, Associate Professor, Thomas Jefferson University Medical School  |  Nov 2, 2016

    Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: With Greater Understanding Comes Greater Challenges

    This week, Real World Health Care speaks with lung cancer specialist, Gregory Masters, MD, FASCO, attending physician at the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center and associate professor at the Thomas Jefferson University Medical School. In addition to being Fellow of the American Society for Clinical Oncology, Dr. Masters is co-chair…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, General, Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Treatment Horizons
  • By Linda Barlow  |  Aug 24, 2016

    How to Help Sick Kids Get Better When Insurance Isn’t Enough

    During the month of August, Real World Health Care will take a short break from focusing on medical breakthroughs and the researchers who are shaping the future of medicine. We will instead bring you a special series from our sponsor, the HealthWell Foundation, about what happens when families cannot afford…more.

    Categories: Access to Care, Cost-Savings, General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care