Being Patient
Deborah Kan is the Founder and Executive Editor of Being Patient, an independent news site focused on health topics from a patient's perspective. Deborah also serves as a Board Member for the Family Caregiver Alliance/National Center on Caregiving. Previously, Deborah worked as an Executive Producer at Bloomberg LP, Managing Editor at News Deeply, and Executive Producer at The Wall Street Journal. Deborah has a diverse background in journalism and media production, with experience in presenting and correspondent roles at Thomson Reuters and Star TV. Deborah is currently pursuing education at Harvard University.
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Being Patient
Being Patient is an editorially independent news and community platform that aims to create clarity around complex health issues and be a trusted, accurate source of information for the people impacted by a disease. We build single-subject platforms looking at health topics from the patient’s point of view, starting with Alzheimer's. Through clear and compelling reporting, we examine the latest research and debates on the prevention, treatment and care of a disease. We find out what patients want to know and go straight to the expert community for the answers. Our founder, Deborah Kan, left her job as Executive Producer at the Wall Street Journal last year to redesign reporting on health after her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. She found that there was no single place she could go, free of any bias, to help her understand the research. She founded Being Patient with one mission – to provide patients, caregivers and carriers of the Alzheimer’s gene the tools they need to navigate the disease and elevate the patient’s voice into important conversations on healthcare and research.