People Always, Patients Sometimes
41 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe "People Always, Patients Sometimes" podcast is presented by Spencer Health Solutions. We look at the evolution of drug development, clinical trials, and healthcare to recognize the important role that patients should have in the process. We talk with the innovators and disruptors in clinical research organizations, patient advocacy groups, pharmaceutical companies and independent thought leaders calling for healthcare transformation. Hosted by Janet Kennedy.
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Innovate In What You Do!
September 13, 2022 14:00 - 17 minutes - 24 MBOn this episode of People Always, Patients Sometimes we welcome Michelle Shogren back to the podcast. Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. We recently spoke to Michelle Shogren, a familiar face in the clinical trials industry, most recently at Bayer Pharmaceuticals. She recently left Bayer to form her own consulting firm called Innovate In What You Do! Michelle is parlaying her 25 years of experience fostering teams and developing an innovation mindset into her consultancy. M...
Bringing Clinical Trials Into the Neighborhood
August 25, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBHi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. We are proud of the amazing work that pharmacies do to support patient health and wellbeing. The need for innovation in the clinical trial ecosystem has challenged traditional pharmacies to rethink their strategy since they are the ones with the greatest access to a diverse and underserved population. On this episode of People Always, Patients Sometimes, we hear from a member of the clinical trials team at Walgreens that recently announced...
Fostering Innovation with Michelle Shogren
August 09, 2022 16:30 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBHi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. Today we have the first of two interviews with Michelle Shogren. Michelle is a familiar face on conference stages as a 25 year veteran of the clinical trials industry. Most recently as Senior Director of Business Excellence and Innovation for Pharma R&D at Bayer Pharmaceuticals. She recently left Bayer to form her own consulting firm, but more on that in a later episode. For now, I know you enjoy this discussion on innovation in the pharma ...
24 Hours of Rare with Eden Lord
February 28, 2022 15:00 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBThe rare disease community has found strength in small numbers by banding together to share their stories. On this rare disease day, we would like to take a moment to recognize and celebrate the patient advocates and organizations that keep the focus on these underserved communities. Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. I'm proud to announce that today's podcast will be the first in a series of conversations with leaders in the rare disease community. Our host, Janet Kennedy,...
Transforming Trials 2030 with Sally Okun
January 18, 2022 15:00 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBThe last two years have been driving many discussions of the need for change in the pharmaceutical industry, particularly in the clinical trial arena. Discussions have not always led to actions, however. Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. As we look towards 2022, I believe we will record this as a year of make it so. The time for moving on from debate is here, as patients are demanding action and forward momentum on today's episode of People Always, Patients Sometimes, our ...
Specialty Pharmacy, NASP with Sheila Arquette
January 18, 2022 14:00 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBSpencer Health Solutions was founded knowing that pharmacies are an integral part of the patient's health journey. Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. Pharmacy partners are key to supporting Spencer in patient homes for clinical trials and commercial programs, especially specialty pharmacy partners. To dig deeper in the specialty pharmacy and learn about some of the challenges and changes coming to the industry, we invited Sheila Arquette, CEO of the National Association of ...
Meet the Digital Apothecary
October 13, 2021 14:00 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBPharmacy 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...
It's a Revolution for Rare Diseases
September 28, 2021 14:00 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBWhat 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 communit...
Decentralized Clinical Trials Are Here to Stay
July 09, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes - 42.1 MBDecentralized 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 Presi...
Patient Engagement with Shazia Ahmad
May 19, 2021 13:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBUnderstanding 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 ...
HD Patient Advocate BJ Viau
April 29, 2021 13:00 - 26 minutes - 35.7 MBHuntington'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) ...
Decentralized Trials and Research Alliance
March 23, 2021 13:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBIt 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 b...
Creating Change Agents for MedTech
March 10, 2021 15:00 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBOne 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. T...
Inspire - Building Rare Disease Patient Communities
February 24, 2021 14:30 - 20 minutes - 27.9 MBWelcome 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 tr...
Jake LaPorte, Clinical Trial Innovation
February 16, 2021 14:00 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBHi, 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 A...
Jake LaPorte, The BIOME by Novartis
February 09, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MBHi, 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 digit...
Carly Flumer, Patient Advocate and Data Scientist
December 10, 2020 19:56 - 23 minutes - 31.7 MBTom Rhoads (00:02): Welcome to "People Always, Patients Sometimes." I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer health solutions. Our podcast is focused on many of the thought leaders and executives that are calling for change in how we design and run clinical trials. This episode is the second in a series of interviews with patient advocates, influencers, and organizations dedicated to putting the focus in healthcare where it belongs, on the patient. Our mission at Spencer health solutions is to ensur...
Lilly Stairs, Founder Patient Authentic
November 17, 2020 16:00 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MBTom Rhoads (00:03): Welcome to "People Always, Patients Sometimes". I'm Tom Rhodes, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. Our podcast is focused on many of the thought leaders and executives that are calling for change and how we design and run clinical trials. We have also had patient advocates on the program like Jen Horonjeff, of the Savvy Cooperative, Pam Gavin of NORD and Barby Ingle of the International Pain Foundation. Our mission at Spencer Health Solutions is to ensure that patients ar...
NORD - Supporting the Rare Disease Community
August 13, 2020 19:00 - 22 minutes - 32.1 MBThe National Organization of Rare Disorders has been helping patients, caregivers, organizations, researchers, and Clinicians for almost 40 years. Introduction by Tom Rhoads (00:02): There are over 300 million people living with one or more of over 6,000 identified, rare diseases around the world. A disease defined as rare in Europe affects fewer than one in 2000 people. Rare diseases are characterized by a broad diversity of disorders and symptoms that vary not only from disease to dise...
Transforming Digital Health Brands
July 01, 2020 22:22 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBIntroduction by Tom Rhoads, CEO Spencer Health Solutions (00:03): This past January, I had the pleasure to speak at the open innovation and health event at the JP Morgan healthcare conference. The event was sponsored by Mount Sinai Innovation, Ogilvy Consulting and Humble Ventures. Our panel discussed the consumerization of healthcare delivery, which was led by Ritesh Patel, Chief Digital Officer of Health at Ogilvy Consulting. Ritesh is an amazing thought leader in the digital health spac...
Chronic Pain Patient Advocate Barby Ingle
June 09, 2020 06:30 - 21 minutes - 30.8 MBTom Rhoads: The patient perspective is an integral part of how we at Spencer Health Solutions approach our work from UX and human factors testing and designing Spencer all the way through our customer interactions. We always look at how the patient evaluates their experience with our system. In this episode of our podcast, we asked chronic pain patient advocate Barby Ingle, founder of the International Pain Foundation, to share her perspective on improving clinical trials. I know you enjoy ...
Data Simulation Studies Reduce Risk and Cost for Clinical Trials
June 03, 2020 19:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBTom Rhoads (00:03): Welcome to the "People Always, Patients Sometimes" podcast. Our guest is Aiden Flynn. The founder of Exploristics. We worked with Aiden and his team to look deeply into how Spencer, in a simulation study of 6,100 cardiovascular patients, would impact both adherence and engagement. We wanted to determine that if adherence were increased dramatically as seen with the Spencer platform if we could improve the endpoints of stroke and persistence across the medication study. ...
Joseph Kim The Digital Health Office at Eli Lilly
May 12, 2020 14:30 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBHi, I'm Tom Rhodes, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. Our podcast guest today is Joseph Kim, who is a member of the digital health office at Eli Lilly and the host of Lilly's podcast, The Elixir Factor. On our podcast, he talks about digital health innovation, the IBD challenge, sponsored by Eli Lilly, his podcast and cross-departmental drug development. We're proud to welcome a fellow podcaster to "People Always, Patients Sometimes". Janet Kennedy (00:34): Welcome to the "People Always, P...
Patient Centric Software Design
April 30, 2020 08:00 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MBTom Rhoads (00:03): In our previous podcast, we interviewed human factors expert Christina Mendat. Christina worked with us in some of the software design for Spencer. I thought you would also enjoy hearing more about the development team at Spencer Health Solutions. So we invited our software product owner Mary Wrenn to join the podcast and tell us how she works with spencer and our engineering team. I'm Tom Rhodes, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions and I hope you enjoy this episode of "Peo...
Human Factors in Healthcare Design
April 22, 2020 08:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBUnderstanding human factors is essential when designing technology that people interact with, especially when you're dealing with unique healthcare populations such as the elderly. Our podcast guest is Christina Mendez, Managing Director at Human Factors MD. Christina played a role in the early development of our Spencer device and brought the human factors perspective to our design team. We hope you enjoy listening to Christina's interview on the "People Always Patients Sometimes" podcast...
Telehealth, Patients-at-Home and COVID-19
April 06, 2020 21:15 - 17 minutes - 24.5 MBTom Rhoads joins the podcast to talk about telehealth, COVID-19 and protecting patients at home on "People Always, Patients Sometimes." Janet Kennedy (00:02): Welcome to the People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast. A short while ago, our CEO and founder Tom Rhoads, published an article on Med City News called "It's Time to Integrate Telehealth into the Equation". It Was an interesting article about how COVID-19 has kind of changed the game when it comes to telehealth and trying to keep ...
ATA - American Telehealth Association and COVID-19
April 06, 2020 18:00 - 16 minutes - 23.8 MBTania Malik on the ATA, Telemental health and being an entrepreneur COVID-19 has thrown our healthcare system into disarray. It has created challenges of how to keep patients at home while continuing to deliver them. Quality care telehealth presents a solution whose time has come. The American Telemedicine Association now is known simply as the ATA, has been preparing for this moment for 20 years. Our guest on the podcast is Tania Malik, an entrepreneur, and the telehealth field and the Ch...
It Starts with the Patient - Jen Horonjeff
March 18, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MBSpencer Health Solutions invited Jen Horonjeff, co-founder of the Savvy Cooperative to join our podcast today. We had a great conversation about the JP Morgan conference and a simple statement she made there that got some national buzz. We also dig into the difference between patient centricity and patient-reported outcomes. I hope you enjoy our conversation on "People Always, Patients Sometimes". Janet Kennedy (00:21): With me today is Jen Horonjeff, one of the founders of Savvy Coopera...
Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative
February 26, 2020 16:33 - 27 minutes - 38.6 MBSpencer Health Solutions has invited Dr. Pamela Tenaerts to join us on the "People Always, Patients Sometimes" podcast to learn more about an important initiative to improve clinical trials. Dr. Tenaerts is the Executive Director of the Clinical Trial Transformation Initiative known as CTTI. Tom Rhoads (00:04): Hi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. In an earlier episode of the "People Always, Patients Sometimes" podcast, we heard about the founding of the DiMe Society from ...
Heart Failure Awareness Week
February 17, 2020 19:58 - 26 minutes - 26.4 MBWelcome to the "People Always, Patients Sometimes" podcast, a production of Spencer Health Solutions. Healthcare has come to a crossroads and it's time to start listening to new ideas. That challenge is the 'always done it that way' thinking. We hope you enjoy our conversations with the disruptors, the innovators and the transformers in clinical trials and healthcare. Janet Kennedy (00:19): For this podcast, we've invited some special guests in recognition of Heart Failure Awareness Week...
David Zaas - Compassion is a Skill
February 05, 2020 09:00 - 17 minutes - 14.8 MBWelcome to the "People Always, Patients Sometimes" podcast, a production of Spencer Health Solutions. Healthcare has come to a crossroads and it's time to start listening to new ideas that challenge our "always done it that way" thinking. We hope you enjoy our conversations with the disruptors, innovators and transformers in clinical trials and healthcare. In this episode, we have a conversation with Dr. David Zaas, President of Duke Raleigh Hospital. Shortly after he gave a keynote at a m...
Gil Bashe, Health Communications Ambassador
January 24, 2020 14:00 - 32 minutes - 66.1 MBHi, I'm Tom Rhoads, CEO of Spencer Health Solutions. We are fortunate to have Gil Bashe on the "People Always, Patients Sometimes" podcast. Gil is a Managing Partner of Global Health at Finn Partners, a global marketing and public relations firm. Gil is a champion for health innovation to sustain life and improve patient care. Gil has been tapped by PharmaVOICE as one of the "100 Most Inspiring People in Healthcare" and that's just one of his accolades. I hope you enjoy this interview with G...
Put Patients First
January 06, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 20.3 MBClinical trials haven’t changed much in decades. These industry leaders show us why it’s time for disruption – and how to make it happen. Spencer Health Solutions is proud to present the Voice of Disruption. Tom Rhoads: 00:00 Clinical trials are ripe for disruption. The process is expensive, unwieldy, complicated, lengthy, inhospitable and more likely to fail than to succeed. I'm Tom Rhodes, CEO Spencer Health Solutions. As I traveled to conferences, bus...
The DiMe Society – Jen Goldsack
December 02, 2019 15:30 - 28 minutes - 42.9 MBIt’s time to discuss the digitalization and democratization of medicine so we invited Jennifer Goldsack to join us on the People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast. Jennifer is the interim executive director of the DiMe Society, pronounced like the coin, an abbreviation of the Digital Medicine Society. In our discussion, Jennifer spoke about the “trans-disciplinary nature of digital medicine as a field” and how, without professionals from every field at the table, the healthcare community ...
What is an Integrated Research Organization?
November 06, 2019 15:30 - 41 minutes - 57.7 MBWe welcome another North Carolina local as our guest on this episode of People Always, Patients Sometimes – Jennifer Byrne. Jennifer is the founder and CEO of Javara Research and coined the term Integrated Research Organization or IRO. Jennifer also founded Greater Gift, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that donates one vaccine or meal for every clinical trial participant. The former CEO of PMG Research, Jennifer also serves as a trustee for the ACRP, an Advisory Board member of CISCRP, and an Advisor...
Darcy Forman, Part II
October 01, 2019 08:00 - 18 minutes - 25.2 MBWe continue the conversation with Darcy Forman in part 2 on the People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast. In this episode we’ll discuss the advantages inherent within a smaller clinical research firm and how best to leverage those advantages - sometimes being closer to the problem grants better clarity and the agility to innovate without getting bogged down in committee. We also take a closer look at patient engagement in clinical trials, past and present, and discuss what innovation is...
Darcy Forman
September 24, 2019 08:00 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBOur guest today on the People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast is Darcy Forman. Darcy represents Firma Clinical Research as the Vice President of Global Clinical Operations. She began her career as a bench scientist working for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals before moving into a project management role with Pfizer, as well as a variety of other CROs. At Firma, Darcy is responsible for the oversight of the Clinical Operations team. A primary focus of hers is the burden on the patient that a c...
Jim Kremidas, Association of Clinical Research Professionals
September 17, 2019 08:00 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBFor today’s episode of the People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast we interviewed Jim Kremidas, the executive director at the Association of Clinical Research Professionals. A veteran of Eli Lilly and Company for over two decades, Jim has a great deal of experience in the field of clinical trials – specifically regarding patient recruitment and retention. We talk with Jim about the complexities of managing multiple simultaneous clinical trials and the role of the patients involved. As ...
Craig Lipset, Part 2
September 10, 2019 08:00 - 29 minutes - 28.5 MBPart 2 of our conversation with Craig Lipset continues on the People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast. We look ahead to the future for clinical trials, pharmaceutical drug development, and, Craig himself. We asked him how the patient role in drug development has changed over time and where he sees it trending in the next five years. Craig Lipset is a recognized leader at the forefront of innovation in clinical research and the drug development space. He's an advisor to technology and bio...
CISCRP Founder Ken Getz
September 05, 2019 05:00 - 28 minutes - 40.2 MBOn today's People Always, Patients Sometimes podcast we’ll hear from Ken Getz, founder and chairman of CISCRP. Ken set his focus on patient centricity in clinical trials more than 15 years ago when he founded CISCRP to advocate for patients who volunteer for clinical trials. Join us for this episode of People Always, Patients Sometimes as we listen to Ken’s insight about how patient-centricity helps researchers as well as patients. The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Researc...
Craig Lipset Part 1
September 05, 2019 04:52 - 25 minutes - 35.8 MBWe are very pleased to bring you the first episode of the our new podcast "People Always, Patients Sometimes." The mission at Spencer Health Solutions has always been to put patients at the heart of what we do. We realize that new drug development, through greater patient engagement and improving medication adherence is critical to improving the lives of patients. Patience, however, does not always rest easily with our desire to enact change quickly. The good news is that discussions are h...