Pharmacy companies are an important part for Spencer Health Solutions, and pharmacists are an integral part of fulfilling our mission to serve patients in their homes. Hi, I'm Tom Rhodes, CEO, Spencer Health Solutions. We have had the opportunity to bring patient pharmaceutical and digital health thought leaders to previous podcasts. However, today we're speaking with our first pharmacist, digital health advocate and analyst, Timothy Aungst, also known as the digital apothecary. He joins our host Janet Kennedy for an insightful conversation and a call to action to the pharmacy industry on the ..read more

What happens to a person who finds out they have a rare disease? When you're diagnosed with a condition that affects one in a thousand or one in ten thousand, where do you turn to find information, help, and support? Recognizing the need for that resource, a team of dedicated individuals on Rare Revolution, a magazine dedicated to spotlighting the rare disease community. Their goal is to bring about a dramatic and wide reaching change in conditions and attitudes for the rare disease community. We are honored to bring Rebecca Stewart, CEO of Rare Revolution Magazine, to the podcast. Her convers ..read more

Decentralized trials are here to stay, says Dr. Isaac Rodriguez-Chavez, our podcast guests today. Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. We are delighted to have Isaac join the podcast to discuss decentralized clinical trials and why pharma companies should embrace digital technology for the benefits of patients. A former FDA officer who was instrumental in the review and approval of digital health technology in clinical trials, Dr. Rodriguez-Chavez is now the Senior Vice President for Scientific and Clinical Affairs and Head of Strategy for Decentralized Clinical Trials for Icon ..read more

Understanding the patient journey is an important part of clinical trial development. Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. On today's podcast, we welcome Shazia Ahmad, Senior Director of Patient and Physician Services at UBC. She is a thought leader in the space of patient communities and supporting the patient throughout the clinical trial process. I hope you enjoy this conversation on People Always, Patient Sometimes.   Janet Kennedy: (00:31) Hi I'm Janet Kennedy and I am your host for People Always, Patient Sometimes, a production of Spencer Health Solutions. I am reall ..read more

Huntington's disease is a rare genetic condition that impacts over 30,000 people in the U S and 200,000 worldwide. It is a neurological disorder that impacts movement mood and the thinking process. Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. On this episode of our podcast, we ask patient advocate BJ Viau, co-founder of the Huntington's Disease Youth Organization, to join us in a conversation about patient advocacy on People Always, Patients Sometimes.   Janet Kennedy: (00:35) Hi, my name is Janet Kennedy, and I am your host for People Always, Patients Sometimes, a production of S ..read more

It is always a great pleasure to engage with clinical trial innovator and thought leader Craig Lipset. We asked Craig to join the People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast to share more information about DTRA, which stands for Decentralized Trial and Research Association. As an industry, we have embraced more fully the idea of serving patients better with a decentralized clinical trial. As we bring the corona virus under control, it's important that we don't become complacent and return to business as usual. Give a listen to the podcast and I hope you'll join us in declaring there is no going ..read more

One of the foremost conferences in the field of clinical trials is SCOPE, which stands for the Summit of Clinical Ops Executives. While held virtually this year, the conference was packed with interesting and innovative presentations. Spencer Health Solutions served as a premier sponsor of the event and co presented at the conference with a client and collaboration partner, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals. Our content was presented in the track, focusing on accessing and generating real-world data. The presentation was titled Implementing a Transformative Medtech Device Program to Gather Real World Dat ..read more

Welcome to People Always, Patients Sometimes, a podcast production of Spencer Health Solutions. I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer. This year, we are pleased to be presenting a series of interviews with patient advocates, inspiring leaders, and influential patient organizations to ensure that we always live our motto of people always, patients sometimes. On the podcast today, is Brian Lowe, the founder and CEO of Inspire. Brian created Inspire 15 years ago with a goal of accelerating clinical trial recruitment, using safe, trusted online social networks, organized by medical condition for patients ..read more

Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. Today we have invited Jake LaPorte co-founder and global head of The BIOME by Novartis to return for a second conversation on the People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast. On the previous episode, Jake spoke about The BIOME by Novartis and digital health innovation in clinical trials today, Jake shares his thoughts with our host Janet Kennedy on COVID-19 innovation, digital health, and more. I hope you enjoy their conversation on People Always, Patient Sometimes. Janet Kennedy (00:36): Hi, my name's Janet Kennedy and I am your host for Peop ..read more

Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. Our podcast People Always, Patients Sometimes was created to feature innovators, disruptors, and patients driving new ways of doing things in clinical trials. Little do we know that the coronavirus would escalate the need for transformation and demonstrate which organizations were prepared to move ahead more quickly. Today we've invited Jake LaPorte, co-founder and global head of The BIOME by Novartis. Jake has spoken on the topic of digital innovation and health tech startups, and impacting patient's lives. We enjoyed our conversation with ..read more