Health advocacy organizations and the lack of transparency
by Patrick Fitzgerald, MPH Health advocacy organizations (HAOs) are typically organizations of prominent, trusted stakeholders who conduct campaigns to promote disease awareness, update members to new diagnostic tests and drugs, facilitate physician referrals, deliver health care services, and advocate for…
by Patrick Fitzgerald, MPH
Health advocacy organizations (HAOs) are typically organizations of prominent, trusted stakeholders who conduct campaigns to promote disease awareness, update members to new diagnostic tests and drugs, facilitate physician referrals, deliver health care services, and advocate for policies believed to be in their member’s best interest.
They range in size from national organizations with many thousands of members focused on widespread disease to smaller …
Health advocacy organizations and the lack of transparency