The Patient Experience
Podcast

For pharma patient services leaders and patient-facing teams navigating the shift to direct-to-patient. Practical insights from two operators who have lived it.

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Where pharma meets the patient reality

Pharma patient services leaders are facing a revolutionary change. Patients have access to more information than ever, therapies are growing more complex, and the industry is shifting direct to patient. A patient confusion crisis is emerging, and most organizations are not ready.

Each episode delivers practical insights leaders can use and reps can apply in the field to better educate patients, build trust, and drive better outcomes. No fluff. Just real experience from two operators who have been in the room.

25+
Years of c-Suite pharma commercial operations experience
23+
Years of Pfizer sales, marketing and patient engagement
D2P
The direct-to-patient shift reshaping patient services strategy
Live
Recorded live on LinkedIn, published across all major platforms

The patient confusion crisis is already here

As pharma goes direct to patient and therapies grow more complex, patients are overwhelmed, misinformed, and walking away. The consequences land directly on your commercial outcomes.

Prescription Abandonment

Patients leave the pharmacy without filling. Confusion about cost, complexity, or side effects goes unaddressed.

Adherence Collapse

Patients who start therapy stop. Without ongoing education and support, complex regimens are abandoned early.

Influencer Misinformation

Patients are turning to social media for answers. What they find often contradicts their physician's guidance.

Is this podcast for you?

Patient Services

PSP and Hub Leaders

Learn how leading organizations are redesigning patient services programs to reduce abandonment and improve time-to-therapy as therapies grow more complex.

Commercial Operations

Commercial and Marketing Leaders

Understand how the D2P shift is changing what commercial success looks like and what your patient-facing teams need to win in the field.

Market Access

Access and Reimbursement Teams

Get practical perspective on how patient confusion around cost and coverage is eroding access gains and what education strategies are closing the gap.

Field Teams

MSLs and Field Reps

Walk away with language, frameworks, and tools you can use in the next patient or HCP conversation to reduce hesitation and improve follow-through.

Medical Affairs

Medical Affairs Leaders

Explore how scientific communication is failing at the patient level and what physician-led education strategies are actually moving adherence metrics.

Brand Leadership

Brand and Launch Teams

Discover how the most successful launches are building patient confidence before the prescription is written, not after patients abandon at the pharmacy.

Every episode leaves you with something to use.

Prescription Abandonment and First-Fill FailureWhy patients walk away and the interventions that bring them back.
The Direct-to-Patient ShiftWhat D2P means for patient services strategy, field execution, and commercial investment.
Adherence Strategy for Complex TherapiesBiologics, specialty, and rare disease require a fundamentally different patient engagement model.
Influencer Misinformation and Social MediaHow online confusion is undercutting HCP guidance and what pharma can do about it.
Patient Services Program DesignWhat best-in-class hub and PSP operations look like in a post-pandemic, digital-first world.
Launch Readiness and Patient EducationHow to build patient confidence before launch so you are not recovering lost starts on the back end.
Field Team EnablementPractical tools and conversation frameworks reps and MSLs can use immediately.
AI and Technology in Patient EngagementWhat is actually working, what is overhyped, and how to evaluate new tools against real outcomes.
"There is an emerging patient confusion crisis as pharma goes direct to patient. And most organizations are not ready for it."
Bob Miglani, CEO of Hoot  |  The Patient Experience Podcast

Two operators.
One shared mission.

Co-Host
Bob Miglani

Former Pfizer leader across Sales and Marketing, Medical Affairs, Patient Access, and Patient Engagement with 23 years of experience. Now CEO of Hoot, Bob brings an operator's perspective on what it actually takes to reach and retain patients in a complex therapy landscape.

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Co-Host
Jason Grossman

25 years of c-Suite experience across pharma commercial operations, patient services, and marketing. Jason has built and led patient-facing organizations through major therapy launches and helped define what best-in-class patient services looks like in the modern era.

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Live Event

We record in public.

Every episode starts as a live conversation on Bob Miglani's LinkedIn. Join in real time, ask questions, and be part of the discussion as it happens. After each session, the full episode is published across all major podcast platforms for your team to share and revisit.


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The full episode is published on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Buzzsprout, and YouTube within 48 hours.

Built for practitioners,
not theorists.

New Episode
Pharma’s Direct to Patient Pivot: What to Expect in 2026

Bob Miglani and Jason Grossman explore how Pharma’s shift to Direct to Patient is fueling a patient confusion crisis and why clearer, HCP-led education is becoming essential.

Featured Episode
The Evolution of the Patient Journey

This episode explores how the increasingly complex patient journey is fueling a growing patient confusion crisis and why clearer, more guided education is critical in a Direct to Patient world.

Featured Episode
How AI is Redefining Pharma Marketing

This episode features innovation leader Dan Seewald discussing how AI is reshaping pharma marketing, patient education, and trust, and why it demands more personalized, clearer guidance in a Direct to Patient world.

Have a perspective worth sharing?

Bob and Jason are always looking for pharma patient services leaders, patient engagement innovators, and commercial operators with a point of view. If you have experience in patient education, therapy adherence, hub operations, or the D2P shift, we want to hear from you.

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