Pyxis Partners

Patients, their family members, and healthcare teams face immense challenges and stress when language access infrastructure is lacking, underscoring the urgent need for these resources, to ensure equitable care for all patients. On August 8, 2024, the FDA released revised Language Access Plan 2024 guidelines to advance health equity by increasing patient access to translators, health services, and materials for people with Limited English Proficiency and individuals living with disabilities. This announcement highlights a renewed focus on language access as a key strategy to reduce health disparities. https://lnkd.in/eC2Da3j7   #PyxisProud to work towards improving healthcare access by developing trusted partnerships with trusted gatekeepers and working alongside them to address barriers to health equity, such as language access. Contact Grisel Marie Robles-Schrader, PhD, MPA to discover how Pyxis Partners can support your organization with language access plans that meet your clients’ needs and expands your organization's market reach.  #pathwaystoprogress #diversityandinclusion #communityengagement

This past Saturday, Amesha G., Senior Associate of Engagement and Communications, volunteered with The Platform of Hope for their August Family Saturday Picnic, a heartwarming and fun-filled activity to build connections and provide resources to underserved families in Adams Morgan. During this event, Amesha assisted with set up, clean up, engaging with attendees, and packing school supplies. Amesha’s dedication to service is evident and an embodiment of Pyxis Partners’ core values, and we’re #PyxisProud to support Platform of Hope and continue to nurture relationships with local community organizations in DC! To learn more about Pyxis Partners, our work, and our values head to https://lnkd.in/ecC-wTg2.  #communityengagement

This past Saturday, Amesha G., Senior Associate of Engagement and Communications, volunteered with The Platform of Hope for their August Family Saturday Picnic, a heartwarming and fun-filled activity to build connections and provide resources to underserved families in Adams Morgan. During this event, Amesha assisted with set up, clean up, engaging with attendees, and packing school supplies. Amesha’s dedication to service is evident and an embodiment of Pyxis Partners’ core values, and we’re #PyxisProud to support Platform of Hope and continue to nurture relationships with local community organizations in DC! To learn more about Pyxis Partners, our work, and our values head to https://lnkd.in/ecC-wTg2.  #communityengagement

Daryl Pritchard, Senior Vice President of Science Policy, Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), knows the importance of addressing disparities in personalized #medicineresearch. Daryl and PMC came to Pyxis Partners in 2021 in search of strategies to tackle those disparities and to support their mission of promoting the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine concepts, services, and products to benefit patients and #healthsystems. We’re #PyxisProud to work with PMC and bring our shared passion for elevating the voices of those historically underrepresented in the healthcare and clinical trial universe to this important work. Watch Daryl’s full testimonial video to learn more about how PMC and Pyxis Partners collaborated and our shared commitment to improving #healthcare access! https://lnkd.in/eguTuKKa #ThoughtLeaderThursday

Pyxis Partners applauds the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA for their leadership in the development and release of the RAISE Action Framework. This Framework, which aims to improve the standard of collection and curation of race and ethnicity data in healthcare, will serve as a vital resource for improving care and addressing health equity gaps. Pyxis Partners supports its key components, including: incentivizing race and ethnicity data collection, standardizing data collection methods, aggregating data collected locally, and training the healthcare workforce on best practices in collecting race and ethnicity data from patients and research study participants. Soliciting community input was central to collecting real-world applications included in this Framework. Last spring, Pyxis Partners Principal, Ronnie Tepp, shared a case study detailing our work with a community partner to add a new race/ethnicity category to a participant survey for The National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program. We are passionate about working in partnership with communities to build trust in #healthresearch and advance #healthequity in the United States. We're #PyxisProud to continue to work alongside the Reagan-Udall Foundation and support the utilization of the RAISE Action Framework as we both strive towards improved #diversityandinclusion in healthcare data collection. https://lnkd.in/eDRfCr_7

#PyxisProud to support The PRIDE Study, an All of Us Research Program National Community Engagement Partner, who launched their annual report in July. Read their report below to learn about challenges, barriers, and experiences that LGBTQIA+ adults often encounter in participating in #healthresearch, and how it impacts their feelings towards engaging with biomedical research studies.

Ceci Connolly, President & CEO of Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) has been a client of ours for over four years. ACHP works to deliver affordable, high-quality health coverage and care for tens of millions of Americans across 40 states. We value our partnership with ACHP, and as Ceci puts it, ACHP and Pyxis Partners share a synergy, as both of our organizations work together to tackle healthcare access and affordability for those who are uninsured or underinsured. Watch Ceci’s full thought leader video to learn more about ACHP and Pyxis Partners collaboration and our shared commitment to healthcare access! https://lnkd.in/gF3XmTkP  #ThoughtLeaderThursday

Last month, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced The American Cures Act, which would establish mandatory funds to provide steady and predictable funding of #medicalresearch at The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States Department of Defense (DoD), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Act would help governmental research agencies overcome the uncertainty of the Congressional funding process - where critical investments in biomedical and scientific research are often at risk. Cosponsors of the bill include Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). In a press release announcing the introduction of the bill, Sen. Durbin highlighted how a COVID-19 vaccine, and treatments and cures to many other diseases, would not exist without steady funding for the scientific research that led to those breakthrough discoveries. #PolicyTalkTuesday

With flu season right around the corner, read about how researchers looked at All of Us Research data from electronic health records & surveys to learn who is more likely to get routine vaccinations for preventable diseases: https://lnkd.in/e4RV2Ud7 #JoinAllofUs #NIAM2024

Pyxis Partners team member Meredith Wilson recently attended the The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Diagnosis in the Era of Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence workshop. The workshop examined the opportunities and challenges that come with improving diagnosis in the era of digital health and artificial intelligence (AI).  Some key takeaways included: - how digital health can support patients from symptom onset - how AI strategies can work to advance health equity for older adults - disparities exist in access to new technologies and strategies must be developed to reduce barriers to access #PyxisProud to have Meredith attend this valuable workshop, as we continue to monitor advances in technology, new opportunities to improve diagnosis and health outcomes, and work to ensure that diverse community voices help to inform the policies and regulatory frameworks that will guide these advances. #communityengagement