Anita Hill, MBChB (Hons), MRCP, FRCPath, PhD, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK, discusses optimizing treatment outcomes in severe aplastic anemia and immune thrombocytopenic purpura with thrombopoietin-receptor agonists (TPO-RAs), focussing on patient quality of life (QoL). Dr Hill goes on to discuss the use of patient-oriented surveys to asses QoL. This interview took place at the 24th Congress of the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2019, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands.