We help healthcare organizations close the lived experience gap.


Patient- and caregiver-led insight, strategy, and documentary storytelling that helps healthcare teams close the gap between what healthcare measures and what people actually live.

TRUSTED BY HEALTHCARE, ADVOCACY AND ACADEMIC PARTNERS

The truth about a patient's life
doesn't live in a dashboard.

It lives in their kitchen.


Their waiting room.


The text they send at 2 a.m.


Healthcare measures outcomes. We uncover the lived experiences behind them—revealing what organizations need to make better decisions.

WHO WE WORK WITH

Medical Affairs

Patient Engagement

Brand & Marketing

MSL & HCP Education

Lived Experience Discovery

OUR APPROACH


Before you build anything,
understand what you don’t know.

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HOW WE WORK

Every engagement can begin with discovery—or grow into a complete lived experience program. Each piece stands on its own. Together, they're even stronger.

  • "It’s fantastic and really brings this depth. Beyond pointing and clicking at rating scales, this really brings the emotionality to a face.”

    Dr. Nathalie Moise, Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  • RATHKOPF bring together lived experience and professional experience — the authenticity of people who have lived it, with the technical capabilities to make the work credible, beautiful, and effective.”

    Senior Director, US Public Affairs
    Pharmaceutical Client

  • "Working with RATHKOPF on this project was a career highlight for me. They brought a level of empathy and creative vision unmatched in any previous company I’ve worked with. "

    Jamie Larson, Marketing Director, Young Survival Coalition

  • “Wow. You just helped me uncover something I haven’t even spoken with my therapist about yet. Thank you for helping me feel so safe.”

    Katie, Metastatic Cancer Thriver/Patient

  • "Friday was fast, complex, and deeply moving. A patient and care partner production day that demanded speed, trust, and precision - and somehow, it was damn near flawless. That's thanks to the incredible care and expertise of RATHKOPF and their skilled production team."

    Alix Floyd, Managing Partner & Founder, Assemble Health

FOUNDER’S STORY

When Anna Rathkopf was diagnosed with cancer, she and her husband Jordan picked up their cameras to make sense of what they were living through.

That work earned international recognition, but more importantly, it exposed a persistent gap between what healthcare tracks and what patients actually experience.

RATHKOPF was built to help healthcare teams see that gap clearly — and act on it. We now work with a team of experts with their own lived experience. Ten years. A roster of people across illness, caregiving, and survivorship, built one relationship at a time.

Let's understand what your patients are living—not just what your data is measuring.

Let's talk before you decide what to build.

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