What matters?

Like many, my mom was special. Committed in her role raising six human beings and loving nothing more than watching, enjoying and spending time with family. And like many, her life was cut far too short by cancer. She was so very fortunate to live longer than what her initial prognosis predicted, due largely to her incredible clinical team and the fact that she lived at a time when targeted oncology agents were just hitting the market, making longer survival possible. And yet…

The early 2000’s provided clinical treatment options for my mom, but left her alone relative to navigating the ups and downs of living each day with a serious medical condition. Am I doing enough? Am I asking the right questions? Is my care the right care for me?

The promise of technology and advances in implementation science offer great hope to understand and realize a better patient experience for all those managing a path out of dishealth. How might we imagine a better world, in which technology enables patients to feel heard and understood? A world less frustrating for those seeking answers? A world empowering patients by harnessing every decision before, to advance every decision today?

Reimagining a patient-centered healthcare world, in which patients realize what matters to them. This is the work that matters.