{"id":17565,"date":"2015-07-03T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pmedicine.org\/epatients\/?p=17565"},"modified":"2018-09-09T09:56:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-09T13:56:22","slug":"go-fund-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/2015\/07\/go-fund-yourself.html","title":{"rendered":"Conference Organizers to Affected Patients: &#8220;Go Fund Yourself&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>SPM member MaryAnne Sterling is\u00a0Co-founder of tech startup <a href=\"http:\/\/www.connectedhealthresources.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Connected Health Resources<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; she&#8217;s\u00a0a healthcare transformer and person-centered care activist whose motto is: no family caregiver left behind. A recent experience, what she calls her &#8220;go fund yourself&#8221; moment, is captured in this guest post.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17566\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17566\" class=\"wp-image-17566 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/2db4060-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"maryanne sterling photo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/2db4060-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/2db4060-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/participatorymedicine.org\/epatients\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/07\/2db4060.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-17566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MaryAnne Sterling<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During the Holidays, I carry on a time-honored tradition in my family: baking cookies. Over the years, I\u2019ve gotten into the habit of double-checking my recipe once all of the ingredients are in, to make sure I haven\u2019t forgotten anything. A single missing ingredient will result in disastrous cookies. My husband, who knows how meticulous I am, teases me about this \u2013 to which I typically respond \u201cold habits die hard\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I use this same analogy to describe the missing ingredient at healthcare conferences around the country \u2013 the patient. And the family caregivers who comprise the backbone of our healthcare system. These critical components of the care team are not even invited to participate in discussions that are about THEM. In fact, a visit to the websites of these events, including those created to tackle the topic of \u201cpatient engagement,\u201d reveals a list of distinguished speakers, all with advanced degrees, but few with a patient-level view of a disease or chronic condition.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Imagine a medical conference where doctors aren\u2019t on the agenda. Or a hospital industry symposium with no hospital CEOs delivering a keynote. That\u2019s what the healthcare industry is doing by giving patients the cold shoulder when it comes to attending, and presenting, at its conferences.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like an ad agency that builds a multi-million dollar campaign for a new consumer product \u2026 without ever asking a single consumer to test that product. Healthcare has what amounts to a terminal case of \u201ccampaign for New Coke\u201d syndrome because it doesn\u2019t ask its customers \u2013 patients \u2013 if the product they\u2019re selling \u2013 healthcare \u2013 tastes good. And because they don\u2019t ask, they don\u2019t know that the answer is \u201ctastes AWFUL, what were you THINKING!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asking people who\u2019ve been there, done that \u2013 patients and family caregivers \u2013 to participate in the ongoing industry conversation about value-based care, about precision medicine, about system transformation would actually help make these seismic shifts happen. Which is why the <a href=\"http:\/\/patientsincluded.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patients Included<\/a> movement exists: to make the case to make that happen.<\/p>\n<p>But wait, there\u2019s more.<\/p>\n<p>The cost to attend a healthcare conference and pay for travel, lodging, and meals frequently totals several thousand dollars \u2013 untenable for most patients and family caregivers. When conference organizers are asked to provide scholarships or complimentary passes to enable patients to attend, responses have included \u201chave you heard of crowdfunding\u201d (go fund yourself), or \u201cyou can volunteer at the event\u201d (you can work at the event to justify your attendance), or \u201cgo away, kid, you\u2019re bothering the grownups\u201d (you\u2019re not a worthy attendee).<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear. This is not just about money \u2013 although we are talking about an industry that rakes in $3 trillion per year in the US alone \u2013 it\u2019s about perception. In a time when \u201cpartnership\u201d and \u201ccollaboration\u201d and \u201cengagement\u201d are the new buzzwords in healthcare, in practice this seems to be reserved for healthcare industry insiders when it comes to healthcare conferences, the very venues where patient engagement and innovation are touted as overarching themes. How can either of these happen without the patient providing boots-on-the-ground perspective?<\/p>\n<p>Historically, these gatherings of \u201cexperts\u201d have been largely closed-door affairs reserved for those who work in the healthcare industry, particularly those who worked for large companies willing to pay for them to attend. We need to change that paradigm, for the same reason that we (long ago) gave women the vote, that we gave 18 year olds the right to vote (because they were being drafted to fight wars), and that we (not quite so long ago) defined civil rights clearly as empowerment and enfranchisement for all. The insight to be gleaned from patients and family caregivers is an enormous untapped resource in the search for new models of care delivery, care transition, and new treatments for devastating chronic diseases. They should be welcomed as equals in every meeting, every discussion. Fully enfranchised, full partners. \u201cPrecision medicine\u201d will be impossible without this approach.<\/p>\n<p>Although several organizations have stepped up and generously funded a limited number of patient scholarships for conference attendance, they are the exception. Apparently, old habits \u2013 and the calcified thinking that underlie them \u2013 die hard.<\/p>\n<p>And so it was that I asked for a scholarship so that I could attend a national symposium on a devastating illness that affects the brain, one that impacts 3-out-of-4 of my parents\/in-laws. I was told, quite clearly, either \u201cgo fund yourself,\u201d or \u201cvolunteer to be a greeter\u201d, both of which imply that I am not a valued participant. That will not stop me, though. I will continue to rally my allies and advocates in this disease community, and others, so that never again will a patient or family caregiver feel that she is not valued as an important member of the care team, nor as an important participant in the complex steps to make the journey easier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPM member MaryAnne Sterling is\u00a0Co-founder of tech startup Connected Health Resources\u00a0&#8211; she&#8217;s\u00a0a healthcare transformer and person-centered care activist whose motto is: no family caregiver left behind. 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