Do you know how best to engage your patients?
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So what's The Patient Summit 2013 all about?
Now in its 10th year, the Patient Summit USA will explore the most significant and challenging issues affecting the patient sphere today. From adherence and communication to engagement and education, we are going to hear from your peers in pharma - as well as other key stakeholders and payers - to find out how best to put the focus on your patients. Understand how the patient journey will increase the value of your products and brands.
Make sure you don't miss out - See the full line-up and download your full event brochure here!
Why the Patient Summit is a must attend...
Our hand-picked speakers include:

Dr. Bartholomew Tortella
Senior Director, Medical Affairs, Hemophilia
Pfizer |
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Bruce Berger
Emeritus Professor
Berger Consulting, LLC |
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Chris Preti
Vice President Patient Engagement
GlaxoSmithKline |
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Winston Wong
Associate Vice President, Pharmacy Management
CareFirst |

Matt Hall
CEO
Human Care Systems |
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Larry Liu
Senior Director,
Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Pfizer |
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Ray Bullman
Executive Vice President
National Council for Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) |
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Rick Kates
Global Head, Viterion Telehealthcare
Bayer Healthcare |

Jaqueline O'Doherty
Certified Patient Advocate
Heath Care Connect |
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Shad Ireland
Kidney Disease Survivor |
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Donna Cryer
President
The American Liver Foundation |
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Sheldon Rich, RPh, PhD
President
SJR Associates, LLC |

Andrea Lefountain, PhD
Cognitive Psychologist |
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Victor Morrison
Vice President Sales
Healthcare Markets |
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Chris Dowd
Senior Vice President of Market and Product Development
PSKW |
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Bob Caprara
Chief Methodologist
PSKW |

Emily Freeman
Associate Director, Medical Affairs
Bristol-Myers Squibb |
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Charlie Bell
Director, New Business Development
Express Scripts |
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Arna Ionescu
VP User Experience
Proteus Digital Health |
Information you will find out...
- Collaborate with key healthcare stakeholders to improve patient outreach. CareFirst and Kaiser Permanente will provide the payer perspective and demonstrate ways to create more customer-centric programs. Explore the full line-up of presenters
- The only industry event with this level of patient participation! Panel sessions made up of patients, advocates and caregivers give you a chance to learn exactly what your customer wants and to hear answers directly from the source. View the full program
- Case study presentations on motivational interviewing, shared decision making and behavioral economics. Practical examples and genuine insights presented based on real-life experiences of your peers and colleagues. See the case studies here
Who you will meet...
- Unparalleled networking: our flagship USA patient event will be bigger than ever before, bringing together everyone from sales, marketing, adherence and engagement in one place. See who you can meet
- Global perspective and insight: industry experts from all over North America and Europe will be in attendance, sharing their global experience with you. Learn what is going on in every corner of the patient world. Check-out the speaker line up
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Over the two day flagship event, we will explore:
- What payers need to justify and reimburse adherence programs and gain market access
- The patient mind-set and how to align your strategy with their needs; the new patient landscape and insights from your e-patients.
- Integrate adherence in the healthcare chain; the challenges and benefits of patenting with community pharmacy, HCPs and patient groups to achieve healthcare outcomes.
- How to effectively measure adherence; the common mistakes and pioneering new techniques for reporting outcomes data.
- Digital Adherence technology: improving your online platforms for engagement, the latest in gamification, apps and mobile.
- Patient behaviour - learn how to reward good behaviour so patients remain adherent. Hear insight into how to identify and retin patients, build trust and deliver care
- The latest research and innovation into effective clinical trial recruitment and design
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Testimonials:
Despite having worked as a researcher in this area for a while I learned a lot from this meeting - not just about the theory but also how programs can be put into practice as well as the potential barriers to implementing them 
Paul Wicks, R&D Director, PatientsLikeMe
It is highly gratifying to see patient communications starting to gain true momentum, rather than just lip service 
Paul Field, Professional and Patient Communications, Bayer Healthcare
Great opportunity for learning and networking 
Amy Kung, Adherence Manager, Abbott
Good line-up of topics! Fantastic workshop sessions too 
Adam Clark, Global Adherence, Novartis
Download NowBe the first to receive the brochure with full agenda & speaker line up
For more information, or if you’d like to get involved, please contact Brynn Smith-Raska, the event director:
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Testimonials
Despite having worked as a researcher in this area for a while I learned a lot from this meeting - not just about the theory but also how programs can be put into practice as well as the potential barriers to implementing them
Paul Wicks, R&D Director, PatientsLikeMe

It is highly gratifying to see patient communications starting to gain true momentum, rather than just lip service
Paul Field, Professional and Patient Communications, Bayer Healthcare

Great opportunity for learning and networking
Amy Kung, Adherence Manager, Abbott

Good line-up of topics! Fantastic workshop sessions too
Adam Clark, Global Adherence, Novartis

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