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Speaking with Care: Spanish Essentials for Patient Engagement

Spanish-speaking populations in the United States often face significant disparities in health care access, quality of communication, and health outcomes. A key driver of these disparities is a lack of culturally and linguistically competent communication between healthcare providers and patients. …

Shared Decision-Making and Motivational Interviewing in the Care of Patients with HBV, HCV, and/or HDV

This program highlights the essential role of shared decision-making (SDM) and motivational interviewing in caring for individuals with or at risk for hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and hepatitis D (HDV). Moving beyond traditional paternalistic models of care, SDM …

Caring Beyond the Counter: Cultural Awareness in Action

Latine patient populations represent a rapidly growing and diverse segment of the U.S. healthcare landscape. Cultural beliefs, traditional healing practices, community influences and variable levels of trust in the healthcare system can significantly influence attitudes toward illness, medication use, and …

2025 Conference Coverage – In Our Dreams: Improving the Health of Patients Living with IH and Narcolepsy by Connecting with Their Hearts and Heads

When adopting a comprehensive approach to improving the health of patients with idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) or narcolepsy, it is essential for clinicians to consider the interplay between cardiometabolic (CM), neurologic, and psychiatric comorbidities. Clinicians must prioritize educating both themselves and …

Improving Time to Treatment Initiation for Viral Hepatitis (HBV, HCV, and HDV) Through Screening and Diagnosis

This global discussion among experts in Asia, Europe, and North America focuses on reducing delays in treatment for hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and hepatitis D (HDV) by addressing current gaps in screening, including the underuse of evidence-based diagnostic …

The Changing Face of Primary Immunodeficiency: Improving Diagnosis and Access to Treatment for All Patients

Patients living with primary immunodeficiency (PI) disorders face prolonged or severe infections that pose significant challenges to daily life. While infectious PI phenotypes have garnered the most visibility, this focus has left noninfectious variants underrecognized and delayed in diagnosis, leading …

Livestream: A CaseWise™ Initiative – Mission Possible: Matching Treatment Goals of Patients and Providers in IBD in Clinical Practice

Despite major advances in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management, real-world data show that many patients continue to experience suboptimal outcomes due to misaligned treatment goals, therapeutic inertia, and limited integration of novel therapies, particularly IL-23 inhibitors—into individualized care plans. While …

A CaseWise™ Initiative—Mission Possible: Matching Treatment Goals of Patients and Providers in IBD in Clinical Practice

Despite major advances in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management, real-world data show that many patients continue to experience suboptimal outcomes due to misaligned treatment goals, therapeutic inertia, and limited integration of novel therapies, particularly IL-23 inhibitors—into individualized care plans. While …

From Hidden Clues to Future Breakthroughs: Advancing Diagnosis, Treatment, and Innovation in Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) Care

Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) disorders are a group of more than 180 inherited disorders, of the approximately 550 inborn errors of immunity (IEIs), that predispose affected patients to a variety of bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. Infections may be more prolonged …