How patient voices can drive meaningful change Nearly 90% of teens and young adults who use social media say they use it to find information about their healthcare. However, as pharmaceutical marketers have shifted more and more of their budgets towards selling their products on social media, especially via ...
In 2024, The BMJ launched two impactful Collections to help advance health priorities in China. These Collections focused on two pressing health issues: women's health and chronic disease management. Both were launched at high profile academic and policy events, receiving significant attention from healthcare professionals, researchers, and the public. This ...
Improving healthcare and health systems We partner with patients and the public across all aspects of our work. Their insights bring a critical dimension to our work and thinking: partnerships with patients, carers, community support networks, and the public will create better evidence." Dr Kamran Abbasi Editor ...
In the last year, the BMJ Technology Assessment Group (BMJ-TAG) has played a key role in evaluating the safety and effectiveness of drugs for public use through the NHS, contributing to the development of high profile NICE guidance. In July 2023, rimegepant was recommended for use in the NHS ...
Liz Salmi and Dr Charlotte Blease are breaking new ground as co-authors of The Step-by-Step Guide to Peer Review for Patients and Novice Researchers, published in BMJ Health & Care Informatics. With this publication, they addressed the need for clear guidelines, tackled the challenges of measuring impact, and emphasised the ...