Award-winning writer with 25+ years' experience. Expertise: healthcare, biopharma, value-based care, clinical trials, health IT, health policy, pharmacogenomics & more. roxannaguilfordblake@gmail.com
Bridging the Gap in Dementia Care: Innovative Program Streamlines Diagnosis and Access
Ghostwritten blog post for WCG
Diagnosing early-stage dementia is often delayed by time constraints in primary care visits, a shortage of dementia specialists, and long waitlists. A program at the Medical University of South Carolina may offer a solution, according to a paper recently published in the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology.
4 Ways Cloud Healthcare Technologies Like Ultrasound IT Are Advancing the Industry
Healthcare has a connectivity problem. Health data is often siloed and difficult to access, leaving clinicians struggling to obtain the information they need when they need it most. The data exists—it's just out of reach. This is especially true in radiology, where images and exam data can sit on legacy servers, available only to clinicians using that system.
Cloud healthcare technology breaks down those silos, allowing radiologists and other clinicians to access useful, actionable informatio...
What Is POCUS? A Brief History of Point of Care Ultrasound
An article for GEHC on the evolution of point of care ultrasound (POCUS)
Dementia and Paranoia: A Guide for Providing Care and Support
This is one in a series of article I ghostwrote for Brightstar Care. The audience is family caregivers who are caring for an elderly relative. For caregivers and their loved ones, understanding the interplay between dementia and paranoia is crucial. The article provides tips and guidance to help them do this compassionately and effectively.
The Expanding Need for End-Point Adjudication
Ghostwritten
Sponsors often turn to endpoint adjudication committees (EACs) for large, complex
studies, but they aren’t limited to large trials anymore. Many other factors need to be considered when determining the need for an adjudication committee.
Is That Heart Attack Really an Adverse Event? Obesity Trials Require Rigorous Independent Adjudication
Blog post written for WCG.
The theme: Without the right independent expertise, sponsors launching obesity trials risk misidentifying adverse events (AE) and creating conflicts of interest. Independent experts can provide a more consistent evaluation of AEs, safety, etc. This helps ensure rigorous regulatory submission and eliminates any perception of conflict of interest.
Link to downloadable version: https://www.wcgclinical.com/insights/is-that-heart-attack-really-an-adverse-event-download/
Advances in Oncology Extend Lives, but Lead to New Safety Considerations for Sponsors and Investigators
Ghostwritten piece with input from the authors.
From cardiovascular adverse events to complex dosing regimens, oncology trials present unique safety-related considerations. Left unaddressed, they could undermine a trial or put patient safety at risk. In this paper, we discuss some of those issues and how trial sponsors can best address them.
5 Costly Health Data Privacy Myths and Misconceptions.
Blog post ghostwritten for Throtle:
Understanding and adhering to privacy laws is essential when managing sensitive consumer data, but too often misconceptions influence data privacy strategies. These health data privacy myths can lead to noncompliance and missed opportunities.
How to improve the patient experience with healthcare TVs
Whether in the waiting area or the patient room, hospital patient TV systems are traditionally used for entertainment and distraction. But these devices can be leveraged for so much more.
No Longer a Novelty: Integrating primary care and behavioral health
The opening says it all: “Primary care is inextricably linked to behavioral health.”
With that, Teri Treiger, RN, MA, CCM, CHCQM, FABQAURP, chair-elect, Commission for Case Manager Certification articulates both the problem and the solution.
Treating Small-Population Cancers in the Community Setting
These are the results of a study on how community providers address small-population cancers, with a focus on chronic myeloid leukemia. A colleague and I were responsible for the qualitative research and the writing. The paper was published in Oncology Issues.
Copy of the full text is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/16ruxGrz25b16gD8MLT7Nu9OuknoGpR-V/view?usp=sharing
New Health Data Privacy Laws are Coming — Assess Compliance With This 12-Point Checklist
Ghost written blog post for Throtle, through AHA Media.
Successful compliance with increasingly strict and regularly changing data privacy laws requires effective consent management processes.
Advertising technology companies, pharma companies and their agencies must obtain explicit consent to use protected sensitive information. Knowing what that entails can be challenging since additional new laws will come on the books in 2024 and beyond.
Listen to those who don’t hear: Members of Colorado’s Deaf community demand equal and effective communication
This issue brief, written for Rocky Mountain Health Plans (a Health2 Resources client) explores equity issues raised by the Deaf community in Colorado. Poor access to communications leads to poor outcomes.
Case study: Critical Support for Pediatric Rare Disease Trial, Protecting Endpoints, Ensuring Data Validity and Meeting FDA Milestones
Case study (ghosted; edited by client) on how WCG helped advance a new therapeutic for pediatric Gaucher disease.
Empathy and Autonomy: Conversations around Medical Aid in Dying from an Anthropological Perspective
As part of the research for her book, Scripting Death: Stories of Assisted Dying in America, Mara Buchbinder, PhD, became intimately familiar with the heartfelt and often difficult conversations between people facing death, their loved ones, and their providers. This issue brief looks at what she learned.