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How powerful are the stories our patients tell us ? Drawing insights from Rita Charon and John Launer, key proponents of Narrative-Based Medicine (NBM), let’s delve into the essence of this transformative approach to patient care and its significance in clinical practice. 🔸NBM places the patient's narrative at the forefront, shifting the focus from problem-solving to understanding. By embracing patient stories, physicians forge stronger relationships and achieve better health outcomes. As Elliot Perlman aptly puts it, stories are our life's blood. They shape our identities, communicate our values, and help us navigate life's complexities. NBM harnesses this power to enhance patient-doctor interactions. 🔸NBM acknowledges the importance of patients' stories in the healing process and understanding the illness experience. By listening attentively and addressing divides, physicians can bridge the gap between medical knowledge and patient experience. These crucial divides between doctors and patients are: ✔️Relation to mortality: Understanding how illness impacts emotions and perspectives on life and death. ✔️Context of illness: Recognizing the broader context in which illness unfolds, beyond mere biology. ✔️Beliefs about disease causality: Bridging the gap between medical knowledge and patients' own perceptions of illness. ✔️Shame, blame, and fear: Addressing the emotional complexities that arise, fostering empathy and understanding on both sides. 🔸John Launer emphasizes the importance of effective communication in NBM, encapsulated in the 7 Cs: Conversations, Curiosity, Context, Complexity, Challenge, Caution, and Care. These principles foster shared understanding and empower patients to take control of their health. 🔸Language is not just a tool for communication but a catalyst for change. Launer's approach focuses on dialogue as a means of co-creating solutions with patients, while Charon's literary analysis enriches our understanding of patient narratives. As Karen Blixen aptly said, all sorrows can be borne if put into a story. While the healing potential of narrative is widely recognized, more research is needed to fully integrate NBM into clinical practice. To you, what are the skills required for NBM and practical ways for GPs to implement them? #healthcareinnovation #patientcenteredcare #narrativebasedmedicine #pharma #biotech #lifescience For further reading: https://lnkd.in/e7i2Jcgy Image: Margaret Lindsay Williams Jérémie SELLAM Dr Riadh Caïd-Essebsi

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Conventional wisdom about evaluating the medical literature: - A statistically significant result means that a treatment is beneficial - Surrogate outcomes are valid predictors of clinical outcomes - Results of RCTs can be replicated in non-RCT settings - RCTs provide ‘better’ evidence than observational studies - Larger sample sizes produce more robust results What clinicians and healthcare decision makers should know: - Statistically significant results don’t always translate into clinically meaningful benefits - Studies should report results in terms of clinical outcomes - Often results of RCTs are not replicated in routine practice settings - RCTs and observational studies both provide valuable information - Larger sample sizes could potentially distort study findings Critically appraising the medical literature isn't about p-values and study hierarchies. It's about approaching studies with a healthy scepticism. Using a repeatable system. #evidencebasedmedicine #healthpolicy #rwe

Healogix's latest B-Sci Bite installment below 👇 Research published in #PNAS asks the important question of how patients and physicians broadly react to full decisional autonomy vs. paternalism (i.e., physicians telling patients what to do in a difficult situation). Surprisingly, patients making difficult decisions prefer paternalism to autonomy, but doctors do not anticipate this preference. Errors in social perception strike again! These findings have big implications for patient journey work. Specifically... 🧠 MR teams can probe whether there are mismatches between HCP perceptions of what the advising style patients want and the advising style patients actually want. 👩⚕️ Uncovering such a mismatch may help understand friction in HCP-patient interactions and/or how patients interact with the broader healthcare system.

🎓The debate over whether people ought to be guided paternalistically (i.e., being told what to do) or given full decisional autonomy has been raging for centuries. However, in many Western societies, autonomy has become the gold standard. The U.S. medical system, in particular, has increasingly prioritized patient autonomy. But do patients really want such autonomy when making difficult medical decisions? See below for answers! 👇   🔬 Across 6 experiments, researchers found that patients prefer physicians who act paternalistically (vs. physicians who give patients full decisional autonomy). Namely, patients... -View paternalistic physicians as more competent and helpful -Are more likely to return to paternalistic physicians -Are more likely to recommend paternalistic physicians    🧠 Do experts (e.g., physicians) expect this pattern of results? -No! Experts who are tasked with giving advice (e.g., physicians) expect the opposite pattern of results -In other words, there is a mismatch between patients' real preferences and what physicians think patients want   💊 What does this have to do with healthcare & pharma market research? -The results of this research highlight that physicians should feel empowered to make direct recommendations to their patients, particularly in situations where patients are faced with making a difficult decision. -This research may be integrated into patient journey work—MR teams can probe whether there are mismatches between HCP perceptions of what the advising style patients want and the advising style patients actually want. -Uncovering such a mismatch may help understand friction in HCP-patient interactions and/or how patients interact with the broader healthcare system.   🎓 Want more B-Sci Bites & practical insights? - Add or follow me James Dunlea, Ph.D. (Head of Behavioral Science) and/or Chris Carles (Vice President) - Follow Healogix and visit our web page: https://healogix.com/   #PharmaMarketing #HealthcareInnovation #PatientExperience #HCPs #BehavioralScience #Psychology

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Healogix's latest B-Sci Bite installment below 👇 Research published in #PNAS asks the important question of how patients and physicians broadly react to full decisional autonomy vs. paternalism (i.e., physicians telling patients what to do in a difficult situation). Surprisingly, patients making difficult decisions prefer paternalism to autonomy, but doctors do not anticipate this preference. Errors in social perception strike again! A few main take-aways from this work (imo): ⚕ Physicians should feel empowered to make direct recommendations to their patients, particularly in situations where patients are faced with making a difficult decision. Making medical decisions can be scary, and patients may welcome this direct guidance. 🧠 During #patientjourney work, MR teams can probe whether there are mismatches between HCP perceptions of what the advising style patients want and the advising style patients actually want. 👩⚕️ Uncovering such a mismatch may help understand friction in HCP-patient interactions and/or how patients interact with the broader #healthcare system Of course, it is important to note that there may be moderators to this effect. For example, some patients may have a stronger need to have shared decision-making with their HCP; for such patients, paternalism may not be the most desirable engagement style.

Healogix's latest B-Sci Bite installment below 👇 Research published in #PNAS asks the important question of how patients and physicians broadly react to full decisional autonomy vs. paternalism (i.e., physicians telling patients what to do in a difficult situation). Surprisingly, patients making difficult decisions prefer paternalism to autonomy, but doctors do not anticipate this preference. Errors in social perception strike again! These findings have big implications for patient journey work. Specifically... 🧠 MR teams can probe whether there are mismatches between HCP perceptions of what the advising style patients want and the advising style patients actually want. 👩⚕️ Uncovering such a mismatch may help understand friction in HCP-patient interactions and/or how patients interact with the broader healthcare system.

🌍 ✨ Today we celebrate #ClinicalTrialsDay! A heartfelt thank you to the researchers, scientists, physicians, nurses, data managers, clinical research coordinators, biostatisticians, monitors, sponsors, caregivers, and patients who drive medical progress. Your dedication brings hope and health to millions worldwide. Did you know? 1. The first clinical trial was conducted in 1747 to find a cure for scurvy among sailors. 2. Clinical trials are responsible for 95% of the treatments available today. 3. Nearly 20% of all clinical trials now involve rare diseases. 4. Digital health tools like SEQSTER are modernizing patient participation and data sharing in trials. 5. Patient feedback has become a crucial part of trial design, improving outcomes and experiences. Together, we are advancing medicine and improving lives. #DigitalHealth #DataSharing #Innovation #1ClickRecords #1ClickRegistries #DrugDevelopment