On Wednesday, November 12, Sara Malone gave a talk on how systems shape pediatric healthcare delivery and the experience of children and their families. She discussed major challenges in care delivery, including fragmentation, communication breakdowns, and low-quality care. Her talk emphasized the importance of building more coordinated, data-informed, and compassionate healthcare systems for children.
HDIL Director Sara Malone traveled this Spring to Nairobi, Kenya to participate in the Sub Saharan Africa Regional Meeting in collaboration with the St. Jude Global Alliance. Malone worked with collaborators on projects related to survivorship, patient navigation, and stigma in childhood cancer.
The HDIL continues its efforts to understand and strengthen global survivorship care systems. On July 22nd, we hosted a workshop to refine a system dynamics model focused on survivorship care. This model was previously developed through a series of group model building sessions with St. Jude, convening clinicians, foundations, and other stakeholders dedicated to improving […]