• By Linda Barlow  |  Aug 10, 2016

    Focusing on Recovery, Not Financial Burdens

    During the month of August, Real World Health Care will take a short break from focusing on medical breakthroughs and the researchers who are shaping the future of medicine. We will instead bring you a special series from our sponsor, the HealthWell Foundation, about what happens when families cannot afford…more.

  • By Sharon Smith, MD FAAP and Charles Thompson, MD FAAP, Co-Leads, KIDS Connecticut  |  Apr 23, 2014

    KIDS: Providing Children and Families a Voice in Medicine, Research, and Innovation

    The active involvement of patients in health care choices, diseases, research, and innovation is an area of recent focus for many public and private entities (e.g., FDA’s Patient-Focused Drug Development initiative).  As an innovative method to engage children, the KIDS (Kids and Families Impacting Disease Through Science) project was launched…more.

  • By Krista Zodet, President/CEO, HealthWell Foundation  |  Dec 5, 2013

    Make Life a Little Easier for Sick Children This #GivingTuesday

    Cyndi from Midland, TX didn’t know how she was going to pay for the asthma medication her son Ethan desperately needed. Feeling like nothing was going right and not knowing where to turn, she was on the verge of losing hope. Then something dramatic happened that would change everything. Cyndi…more.

    Categories: Cost-Savings
  • By Krista Zodet, President/CEO, HealthWell Foundation  |  Nov 1, 2013

    Help A Sick Child this Holiday Season

    No family should ever have to wonder whether they can afford to save their child’s life, but that very question haunts families all over the country, every day. Through the HealthWell Pediatric Assistance Fund,® however, we are working to change that — because no adult or child should go without health care because…more.

    Categories: Cost-Savings
  • By Linda Barlow  |  Jul 17, 2013

    Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month Underscores Efforts to Identify Causes and Develop Treatments

    That’s right. Children get arthritis too. In fact, according to the Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF), nearly 300,000 children in the U.S. have been diagnosed with juvenile arthritis (JA) – one of the most common childhood diseases in the country. When Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA) first shows its symptoms in a child’s…more.