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AfPA's Patient Access Podcast

AfPA's Patient Access Podcast
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Can patients get what the doctor orders? In AfPA’s Patient Access Podcast, you’ll hear physicians, researchers, patients and advocates hash out the issues that impact access to approved medicines and appropriate health care.
27 Episodes
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In this episode, Suzanne Staebler, DNP unpacks new data showing that vulnerable infants are denied access to preventive treatment for RSV.
Renowned expert Larry Edwards, MD, explains why history has given gout a bad rap -- and why patients need reliable resources to get the real story.
In this episode, Kathleen Shea explains how her experience with tardive dyskinesia motivated her to create an organization to support other patients with TD.
Modern medicine has changed the way people living with headache and migraine disease can manage their condition. But Carol Barch, MN FNP-BC, explains how insurers’ policies are holding patients back.
Tom Brenna, PhD, has a recommendation for expectant and breastfeeding moms: Don't leave the benefits of seafood on the table.
In this episode, Dharmesh Patel, MD, explains how patient-centered care and prevention can help reverse the rising incidence of heart disease.
Gunnar Esiason, a cystic fibrosis advocate, explains why the Institute for Clinical and Economic Review’s model for determining drugs' value doesn't sit well with patients.
Calli Cook, DNP, explains how combining preventive medications can vastly improve migraine patients' quality of life -- but only if insurers provide adequate coverage.
Jeffrey VanDeusen, MD, PhD, explains how certain policies make it difficult to deliver patient-centered cancer care.
Certain patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes who have high deductible health plans may see some out-of-pocket relief soon. In this episode, John Anderson, MD, talks about the patient experience now and potential implications of a new policy.
In this conversation, Kim Newlin, president of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association, describes how the nursing profession has changed and the big impact utilization management has on CV patients and their caretakers.
In this episode, former San Diego Chargers placekicker and NFL Man of the Year Rolf Benirschke explains why patients should share their story of gratitude on September 7.
Alliance for Patient Access Chairman David Charles, MD, explains why health care providers must be equipped and ready to advocate for their patients.
Parents whose newborns are ready for hospital discharge sometimes receive discouraging news: Feeding complications require a longer stay. In this episode, advocate Kelli Kelley and neonatal therapist Sue Ludwig discuss why feeding challenges occur—and how they affect babies and their families.
While participating in a clinical trial is free, some patients can't join or complete a trial because of associated costs. David Charles, MD, of the Coalition of Clinical Trials Awareness discusses costs to patients and the big-picture implications to society.
In this episode, AfPA's Amanda Conschafter and Brian Kennedy share stories and findings from the group's first-of-its-kind national study on non-medical switching and quality of life.
When it comes to rising insulin prices, pharmacy benefit managers are “driving the bus,” explains George Huntley. In this episode, George describes the dynamics that continue to push insulin out of patients’ reach.
Similar symptoms, different diseases. Patrick McCartney of the International Essential Tremor Foundation explains how raising the profile of essential tremor can help patients get an accurate diagnosis, gain confidence and find community.
Patients who experience gout attacks – who suffer in agonizing pain – often resist going to the doctor. But they shouldn’t. In this conversation, Christopher Parker, DO, of the Alliance for Gout Awareness dispels myths and reassures patients they can take control of their disease.
It's Respiratory Syncytial Virus season. Do you know the signs? Shanisty Ireland didn't when her six-week-old son Adam contracted the disease. In this episode, Shanisty recalls her family's RSV experience, while Mitchell Goldstein, MD, of the National Coalition for Infant Health shares key risk factors and signs parents should look for.



