15+ years of Professional Health Care Communications Experience to Meet Your Needs

 

For Consumers/Patients and Their Families or Advocates

  • Compilation and provision of authoritative yet clear information about specific medical conditions or psychiatric disorders. This service is very helpful to the newly diagnosed patient, concerned family members and patient advocates, including attorneys and social workers.
  • Identification of experts and board-certified physicians who treat specific medical conditions, such as diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease, or psychiatric disorders, such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
  • Identification of specialized treatment facilities and programs, such as early Alzheimer’s programs and treatment services for pregnant women with mood disorders.
  • Location of clinical trials recruiting patients to test investigational medications and other treatment approaches.

 

For Health Care Organizations, Companies, Providers

  • Collaboration on writing, editing and citation checking for manuscripts to be published in medical and scientific journals or related publications.
  • Preparation of abstracts, articles, brochures, backgrounders, manuals and monographs for technical and lay audiences.
  • Development of newsletters, patient literature, product descriptions and directories of services.
  • Creation of press packets, press releases and related media materials.
  • Creation of executive briefing, summary or specific reports of symposia, workshops and other educational programs.
  • Development of strategies for publicizing pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, medical devices and complimentary medicine approaches to professional and lay audiences.
  • Preparation of speeches for health care executives or testimony to present to legislative committees.
  • Information collection and data summarization for new business proposals.

For Health Care Media

  • Coverage of annual meetings, conferences, workshops and symposia designed for health care professionals or lay audiences.
  • Preparation of feature stories, profiles, news articles or other editorial content for newspapers, journals, trade publications and Web sites.
  • Provision of copyediting, substantive editing and rewriting of health care articles or documents.
  • Development of columns on specific health care topics.

Fees

  • Services are available on a per hour or a per project basis.
  • Contact Arline Kaplan at (714) 963-7839 or at arlinerkaplan@aol.com to discuss pricing.

 

Testimonials

An editorial manager for a medical communications agency recently discussed the qualities and skills she requires when hiring a freelance writer or editor. She looks for expertise in specific therapeutic classes; good, clear, accurate writing; ability to meet deadlines; well-documented manuscripts; adherence to agreed-on pricing; and professionalism (Source: AMWA Journal 2003;18(1):31). As the selected testimonials reveal, Arline Kaplan meets those requirements.

 

 

Arline is relentless in her pursuit of journalistic integrity, accuracy, timely delivery and fairness. Her vast communication experience coupled with her business acumen makes her an excellent counsel in all communicative matters and a bottom-line contributor as well.

 

                                            Joseph Duffy, president

                                                       EDCOM Consulting

           

 

 

It is my great pleasure to recommend Arline Kaplan as a freelance writer. I have worked with Arline for more than 10 years.

 

When I was managing editor for Psychiatric Times’ editorial projects, I benefited greatly from Arline’s help. For several years, she prepared the content of a quarterly newsletter, Bipolar Disorder and Impulsive Spectrum Letter. She was very helpful during the planning stages of each issue, making valuable suggestions for topics and experts to be interviewed.

 

As a freelancer writer about health topics, Arline is well respected by clinicians who are happy to share with her news of the research being conducted and medications soon to be approved. Because of this trust level, Arline is able to present cutting-edge news to readers.

 

Arline’s research is impeccable, and I can always count on her facts to be accurate. Once I have given Arline as assignment, I can rest easy knowing that the article will be in on time, to the word count and engaging in style.

 

                                                       Marian Benjamin, editor