Sixth Annual Infant Health Policy Summit
The sixth annual Infant Health Policy Summit welcomed health care providers, parents, policymakers, advocates and other stakeholders to explore how policy solutions can improve the health and lives of infants and their families. This year’s event, held virtually, examined issues such as: Late preterm infants Respiratory syncytial virus and COVID-19 Isolation and disruption during COVID-19 […]
Sixth Annual Summit on Balanced Pain Management
Pain is a single word with a thousand different meanings, as the sixth annual Summit on Balanced Pain Management made clear.
Infant Summit 2019
As CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota remembers, it was just another day at work. Until it wasn’t. A routine prenatal check-up for Alisyn, then 30 weeks pregnant with twins, turned life changing when her doctor announced that she’d need to deliver her daughters within 48 hours. A rare condition was preventing one baby from receiving enough […]
Second Annual Cardiovascular Health Policy Summit
Sandeep Jauhar’s grandfather was sitting down to lunch with family when he crumpled to the floor. Jeff Kwitowski’s father was on a routine bike ride. Cat Davis Ahmed’s father was enjoying a game of tennis. And Florence Champagne was in an office building when she dropped to her knees, gasping for air and praying for […]
Fourth Annual National Policy & Advocacy Summit on Biologics and Biosimilars
Languishing in a hospital bed after surgery for life-threatening Crohn’s disease, San Diego Chargers’ Rolf Benirschke, dangerously underweight and saddled with ostomy bags at only 24 years old, couldn’t see the value of going on. But with top-notch medical care and the support of his family and teammates, Benirschke rallied. He ultimately returned to the […]
2018 Summit on Balanced Pain Management
Before Justin Minyard was keynote speaker at this week’s fifth annual National Summit on Balanced Pain Management in Washington, DC, he was a respondent at the Pentagon on September 11. A high-level interrogator serving the United States Army during tours in Afghanistan and Iraq. And a prime example of why comprehensive, integrative pain management is critical.
AfPA-IfPA Health Policy Leadership Retreat
What’s the value of a trusting relationship with a good doctor? A life-altering medication? Choices among medical treatments?
2018 Infant Health Policy Summit
Advocates cannot reach every infant or every family, acknowledged National Coalition for Infant Health Medical Director Mitchell Goldstein, MD, as he welcomed attendees to the fourth annual infant health policy summit on Thursday. But, he emphasized, “We can impact policy.” The daylong event brought together health care providers, parents, advocates and congressional staff in […]
2018 Cardiovascular Health Policy Summit
On May 15, 2018, the Institute for Patient Access convened its inaugural Cardiovascular Health Policy Summit in Washington, D.C. Patients, advocates, clinicians, Capitol Hill staff and government representatives used the day to explore how policies impact cardiovascular care across the country. The day-long event was co-hosted by the Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health […]
2018 National Policy & Advocacy Summit on Biologics and Biosimilars
On April 17, 2018, the Institute for Patient Access convened the third annual National Policy and Advocacy Summit on Biologics and Biosimilars in Washington, DC. Patients, government representatives, physicians and advocates came together for the day-long event, which celebrated innovation, highlighted the power of biologic and biosimilar treatments, and examined the barriers to […]
