Continuous Improvement

The impact of a cancer diagnosis can be stressful. Questions such as “how will I tell my family?”, “how will I afford to pay my bills?”, “will I ever work again?” and even “will I survive?” are at the forefront of the patient’s mind as they process their diagnosis and begin treatment. So, how can the patient experience with treatment be supported? By offering the best quality of care.

In our last update, we mentioned that we were using real-time data and analytics to guide content growth. Every six months we analyze which of our Knowledge Center categories are the most popular. If a category is heavily accessed, our experts in those areas work to deliver even more cutting-edge information for customers.

There have been many innovations over the past century since it was first shown that insulin injections could help control chronic diabetes. Advances in hardware and software have resulted in more accurate blood glucose sensors that work via less invasive means and insulin pumps that have become smaller and ever more sophisticated. As we discussed in our last blog [1], there are also newer drugs, that when combined with traditional insulin therapy, can help patients better control the blood glucose levels.

We are proud to announce our inaugural Corporate Responsibility Report. West’s commitment to sustainability and remaining active in the areas where we live and work are integral to West’s culture. In Parts 1-3 of this five-part blog series on the report, we focused on West’s efforts in Compliance and Ethics, Philanthropy and Diversity.

The fourth part of the five-part series on West’s Corporate Responsibility discusses West’s Health and Safety programs.

In Parts 1 and 2 of this five-part blog series on West’s inaugural Corporate Responsibility Report, we focused on Compliance and Ethics Programs, and Philanthropic efforts.

At West, we recognize and value the spectrum of people who make up our Company. It is a key to our success. Below is the third part of this five-part series reviewing West’s Diversity measures.