A deeply meaningful story for cancer patients about infusing emotional intelligence into your healing journey.

Key Takeaways:

• How emotional intelligence keeps anxiety at a minimum–and humor at a maximum!

• Patient-doctor interactions: how to communicate with trust and transparency.  

• The importance of resilience and self-compassion.

• Managing your career and your health journey. 

• How your personal brand can be your champion as you battle the Big C. 

What every healthcare professional needs to know - from providers to clinical innovators - about closing the communication gap with patients.

Key Takeaways:

• Must haves for your patient engagement strategy that doesn’t break protocols. 

• How to integrate emotionally- intelligent communication into your clinical workflow, from your executive assistant to your EMR system. 

• Learn 3 communication methods that improve patient outcomes.

• Closing the gap for patients dealing with long-term illness. When the treatment plan is over, but complete health has yet to be achieved, providers can continue to support the patient journey. 

Prevent burnout, enhance clinic culture, and improve the patient experience.

Sahar is a Harvard-certified emotional intelligence (EI) expert who will guide your organization to understand EI and how it can create an energetic culture of clear communication informed by your own and others’ emotions. 

Key Takeaways:

• Discover the 6 EI leadership archetypes and the scenarios when you’ll need to use them. 

• Practice messaging for every leadership archetype with others, which boosts employee engagement.

• Uncover what is draining you and your team, and get clear on how to support each other. 

• Explore how emotional intelligence can contribute to culture and productivity. 

• Learn how language, social cues, and empathy can improve long-term outcomes for patients.  

Storytelling for scientists, and the importance of leveraging your personal brand to tell that story.

With nearly a decade of experience guiding medical innovators, Sahar Paz is an expert at storytelling that enhances your technology. As a medical innovator on the road to commercialization, the stories you use to describe the science to various stakeholders is a necessity to gain traction among investors, clinical champions, and patients. Once you identify the stories you need to tell, your personal brand becomes the most powerful communication vehicle. 

Key Takeaways:

• Identify the stories behind the science. 

• Simplify content creation and get clear on storytelling for social media. 

• Learn LinkedIn best practices for your company and for your personal brand. 

• Walk away confident in activating and managing your online reputation. 

Explore how emotional intelligence can enhance the patient advocacy experience by fostering empathy, active listening, and effective communication between advocates and patients, and how it can contribute to improved patient outcomes.

Key Takeaways:

• Emotional intelligence (EI) plays a vital role in patient advocacy by enhancing empathy, understanding, and effective communication with patients.

• Developing self-awareness and emotional regulation skills helps patient advocates manage their emotions and respond empathetically to patient needs.

• Cultivating social awareness enables advocates to accurately perceive patients' emotions, experiences, and perspectives, leading to more tailored and compassionate support.

• Building strong relationships with patients based on trust, respect, and active listening fosters effective advocacy and empowers patients to voice their concerns and needs.

• Emotional intelligence is a trainable skill that can be honed through self-reflection, empathy-building exercises, and ongoing learning, benefiting both patient advocates and the patients

Key Takeaways:

• Emotional intelligence is poised to become an integral part of the future of patient advocacy, as healthcare systems recognize the importance of holistic care and patient-centered approaches.

• Advancements in technology, such as telehealth and digital platforms, require patient advocates to adapt their emotional intelligence skills to effectively support patients in virtual settings.

• The integration of emotional intelligence in healthcare training and professional development programs can enhance the overall quality of care and patient satisfaction.

• Collaboration between patient advocates, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and technology experts is crucial to harness the full potential of emotional intelligence in transforming healthcare systems.

• Embracing emotional intelligence as a core competency in patient advocacy will foster a culture of compassion, empathy, and patient empowerment, leading to improved health outcomes and a more human-centered healthcare experience.

Key Takeaways:

• Building a patient-centric technology in life science innovation requires a deep understanding of patients' needs, challenges, and aspirations throughout their healthcare journey.

• Patient-centric technologies prioritize user experience, usability, and accessibility, aiming to empower patients to actively engage in their own health and well-being.

• Incorporating patient feedback and involving patients in the design and development process ensures that the technology aligns with their preferences and addresses their specific pain points.

• Interoperability and integration with existing healthcare systems are crucial to enable seamless information exchange and enhance coordination of care, resulting in a more holistic and patient-centered approach.

• Patient privacy, data security, and ethical considerations must be at the forefront of technology development to build trust and ensure patients' confidential information is protected.

• Successful patient-centric technologies foster personalized care, enable remote monitoring and telemedicine, provide timely access to health information, and promote patient education and self-management.

• Collaboration among stakeholders, including patients, healthcare professionals, researchers, and technology experts, is vital in creating innovative solutions that truly meet the needs of patients and transform the healthcare landscape.