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Customer is King: producing products that patients want

Blue Latitude Health|24^th July 2014

Harry Crook, from HA Crook Pharmacy Limited, talks about the importance of providing a patient-centric experience. Pharma companies should be producing products that patients want, because the patient is the most important thing. If, as a company, you don’t do it right then they go somewhere else!

In the booklet 'Customer Experience: The Essential Guide for Pharma', we mention that the customer isn't as concerned about the pharmaceutical company as they are about the drugs they make. Harry Crook agrees:

Pharmaceutical companies provide people like Harry Crook with a tool - the drug. It’s then their responsibility to give the patient a truly patient-centric experience with that product. At Blue Latitude Health, we know what it means to look at the patient journey from the patient's perspective. Behaviour changes from pre-diagnosis, diagnosis, treatment and recovery to the management of their condition. This affects their choices, decisions, and attitudes towards a service or product; as laid out in our Patient Information Journey poster.

Read more about human-centred design and customer engagement in our second issue of Perspective magazine.