01 Aug When Survival Comes First, Trials Come Last

By Dan Schell, Clinical Leader

Clinical trials may offer care — but they don’t offer rent, gas, or groceries. And lately, that’s the kind of support patients need most.

Claudia Martorell, MD, MPH, FACP, a PI and infectious disease specialist in Springfield, MA, has spent 20 years running a clinical research site with a clear purpose: improve access for underserved, underrepresented patients. Her practice sits at the intersection of clinical care and research, operating under a hybrid model. Some patients are treated through traditional insurance-based visits; others receive care through clinical trials.

And increasingly, the patients who rely on those trials are slipping away. Read more…