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Blue Latitude Health’s consultancy is based on a rich vein of expert knowledge. Here you’ll find thought-provoking commentary, articles, and downloadable resources created by our consultants.
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Maximising the commercial potential of the pharmaceutical pipeline
|3rd April 2020
Decisions made early in the drug development process can define the limits of what’s possible for products and portfolios. So, why aren’t commercial teams always involved in these early conversations? In this Q&A we deep dive into early stage strategy, including how to break down these siloes and rethink drug development and clinical trial design.
In-progress treatments for COVID-19: an attempt to simplify things
|27th March 2020
Senior Associate Consultant, Manos Mastorakis, takes a look at a number of COVID-19 drugs that are already registered in clinical trials, providing analysis aiming to simplify the current landscape.
Why I became a multiple myeloma patient advocate
|6th March 2020
BLH speaks to MM patient advocate, Peter McCleave, to find out how he has fought to remain positive throughout his treatment journey while simultaneously leading a successful campaign to get more people to sign up to be a blood stem cell donor.
Enhancing the life-cycle of your insight
|28th February 2020
Pharmaceutical and healthcare companies invest a great deal of time and money in commissioning research to address their insight gaps. The process often results in suboptimal return on investment (ROI) due to faulty communication and inefficient documentation of insights. Amit Sheinholtz, Senior Associate User Experience Consultant and Elisa del Galdo, Head of Customer Experience discuss common pitfalls of the negative insight lifecycle and how to avoid them.
The ALS patient journey
|21st February 2020
Nick Goldup is the Director of Care Improvement at the Motor Neuron Disease Association (MNDA). Here, he offers his insights into the journey for patients with ALS and explores the power of a strong patient community, while explaining how the charity is working with healthcare professionals to support patients, both physically and mentally.
Introducing our Early Stage Strategy service
|20th February 2020
Blue Latitude Health introduces our new Early Stage Strategy service, designed to align commercial and medical teams and emphasise the value of the product for the patient, healthcare professional and business from the early phases of drug development.
Digital Nation: How Australia became a digital health pioneer
|14th February 2020
Through services like the public, 'My Health Record' and the establishment of the ADHA (Australian Digital Health Agency), Australia have become leaders in digital strategies that are transforming healthcare systems. We sat down with Rachel de Sain, internationally renowned digital strategist, who shares where, and how Australia pioneered digital health products and services.
Rethinking Electronic Medical Records
|30th January 2020
EMR systems are far from perfect. Clinician and PhD candidate Dr. Pao takes us through his perspective on the system and how he aims to lead the way by solving the challenges when adopting this technology in a clinical setting.
Designing a global digital patient services platform
|22nd January 2020
Within our customer experience capability at Blue Latitude Health, our UX researchers and designers are tasked with understanding customer and client needs. Recently, a client required a centralised system to drive the development and deployment of data-driven patient services. Here, we explain the process of developing this platform.
Digital therapeutics and their impact on society
|14th January 2020
Head of Customer Experience Elisa del Galdo explores how healthcare technology can help chronic disease patients and asks what makes a good digital therapeutic?
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