Patient Engagement June 23, 2021
Those community health partnerships help establish trust with traditionally underserved people, helping to drive diversity and participant engagement.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking to change the paradigm for medical research participation, working toward better participant engagement and diversity by leveraging strong community health partnerships and promoting transparency.
In fact, that’s the entire crux of the All of Us Research Program, according to Justin Hentges, the chief financial and management officer and acting chief engagement officer for the All of Us Research Program. NIH relies on a diverse breadth of clinical data from participants to make All of Us run. Participants volunteer anything from their electronic health records to some biospecimens—like getting an extra vial of blood drawn—to...