By Katie Soisson, NHC Policy Associate The NHC’s Action Teams are an integral part of the organization’s policy-making process and serve as one of the best ways for member organizations […]
Patient Engagement
Going Back to School with the NHC’s New Educational Series: Increasing Patient-Community Capacity to Engage on Quality of Health Care
Today, the NHC debuted its first online educational series, Increasing Patient-Community Capacity to Engage on Quality of Health Care. The series, comprised of six modules, focuses on why quality is […]
Making the Patient the Center of Comparative Effectiveness
In today’s New York Times, Aaron Carrol writes about the use of comparative effectiveness research to ensure new drugs are safe and effective when compared to other drugs designed to […]
Gottlieb Discusses Importance of Patient Engagement at NHC’s Dialogue on FDA Guidance
Today, FDA Commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, MD, spoke at our event, a dialogue on FDA’s first draft guidance on patient-focused drug development. Meeting participants engaged and interacted with people from various […]
FDA Commissioner Gottlieb to Keynote NHC’s 2018 Chief Medical/Scientific Officers Conference
We’re hosting our annual Chief Medical/Scientific Officers Conference on October 15-16 in Washington, DC. The theme this year is “Sharing Patient-Centered Outcomes Data: Building A Better Mousetrap Based on Learnings […]
Morning Consult OP-ED: FDA’s Acknowledgement of the Importance of Patient Engagement Welcomed
The National Health Council and the entire patient community embrace the Food and Drug Administration’s forward-thinking efforts to engage patients early and often to make drug development truly patient-focused. In […]
Three-Part Webinar Series On Patient Engagement In Value Assessment
THREE-PART WEBINAR SERIES ON PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN VALUE ASSESSMENT Part 1: An Overview of Value Frameworks Part 2: Introduction to Health Economics & Value Assessment Part 3: How the Patient Community Can & […]
Letter to Congress Expressing Concern with Short-Term Limited Duration Plans
The National Health Council (NHC) submits this letter, with 112 other patient advocacy organizations, to Congressional leadership expressing concern with Short-Term Limited Duration Plans. “Our 113 organizations represent millions of […]
2017 Chief Medical/Scientific Officers Conference
2017 CHIEF MEDICAL/ SCIENTIFIC OFFICERS CONFERENCE Lessons Learned and Pathways Forward: Practical Experiences in Patient Engagement View the portfolio of abstracts. This portfolio provides a collection of case examples of patient engagement […]