Freelance writing for health care higher education

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What kind of writing do you do?

Freelance medical writing and marketing communications, including:

Articles
Blogs
Newsletters, annual reports, and other marketing materials
Plain language rewrites for all types of documents
Websites
Video scripts

Grant writing and consulting for health care and more

Grant writing, editing and consulting services are available from my trusted associate Crystal Logan, M.S. typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of Letraset sheets containing Lorem Ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus PageMaker including versions of Lorem Ipsum

How much do you charge?

My rates for freelance medical writing are based on the American Medical Writers Association salary survey and other sources. I use Writer’s Market and market research to determine rates for other freelance writing projects. Pricing is by project and follows these steps:

We talk about your project! I learn about your audience, purpose, and other needs.
I write up a summary of the project as I understand it, including an estimate.
You review and approve the summary and estimate, and
I get to work!

Rates for grant writing and consulting are based on industry standards.

Samples of my patient education, consumer health, and health care marketing content.

For patients and consumers
For health care audiences

For patients and consumers

American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Cancer.Net

Patient education-ASCO Answers series
Sample: Oral Chemotherapy
Sample: Cancer and the Affordable Care Act
Sample: Navigating Cancer Care for Older Adults

Oregon Health & Science University

Patient education materials
Sample: Preparing for Your Surgery

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Patient education materials
Sample: Living Your Best Life with Multiple Sclerosis tools

With lead vendor and project director Thistle Editorial, LLC

CISCRP – Center for Information and Study on Research Participation

Clinical trial summaries for research participants and other consumers Senior medical editor for plain language, Communicating Trial Results program, 2016-2018
Wrote and edited numerous clinical trial summaries in plain language (reading level Grade 6-8). Clinical trial summaries are also called “lay” summaries, public summaries, and patient summaries. Work is proprietary, but see sample clinical trial summaries here and ask me for a sample of my work.

Mechanisms in Medicine

Animations for patient education
Sample: Helping Kids and Teens Understand Acute Pancreatitis
Sample: Helping Kids and Teens Understand Chronic Pancreatitis
Sample: Helping Kids and Teens to Understand and Prepare for Pancreatic Surgery
Other animations on asthma, breast cancer, Parkinson disease, and more.

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

Patient education and consumer health content since 2008
Samples include patient education articles on many topics in the “Do You Know …” series, from tracheostomy care to who may have a service animal at the hospital. Other materials include research brochures, end-of-life care and survivor resources, and more. More information available on request.