Patient-designed healthcare:
an utopia or the new reality?
Kathi Apostolidis-Vice PresidentEuropean Cancer Patient Coalition
ECPC-European Cancer Patient Coalition• Established in 2003• Only European organization governed by
cancer patient groups• 340 members in 44 countries• All age groups, ethnic communities,
cancer types• Full members European patient groups
governed by patients, for patients
European Cancer Patient Coalition
Mission
Equip, Enable, Engage & Empower our members to• actively advocate for equality in access to front line cancer care and• to engage in all aspects of cancer care, treatment and research locally, nationally and internationally
“Nothing about us without us”
• Hospitals, surgeries designed to meet needs of people working in them, finances of governments paying for them
• Healthcare policies dictated by medical profession, politicians, health industry
• Health technology, medicines, research conducted by technicians, scientists alone
Where is the patient?European Cancer Patient Coalition
How is healthcare designed?
Where is the patient?• The “new” patient is online! & in online/offline
communities• He searches for information about his disease,
new therapies,• He discusses about his preferences with his
doctors• He seeks to contact peer patients• Exchanges information
The “new” patient wants to meaningfully participate in his care!
What does “healthcare” know about the new breed of patients?
Men Elderly
Women
Families Ethnic groups migrants
Youth
Children
Who were the most acclaimed speakers at the Quality of Care Conf. in Chania,
Crete last Friday?
European Cancer Patient Coalition
Margaret Murphy: Patients for Patient Safety, World Health Organization (WHO) World Alliance for Patient Safety
Chair – RA Patients Association of Crete
Marina Tzanakis-Chair-EFZO me ton Karkino-Cancer Patient Association Crete
Why did audience gathered on Saturday in Hall5.1. at ECCO in Amsterdam?
European Cancer Patient Coalition
Patient-designed healthcare?
European Cancer Patient Coalition
• CML AdvocatesNetwork @cmlnet 28 Sep Adherence strongly influenced by doctor-patient relationship: well-informed patients & approachable doctors drive adherence #ECC2013 #ECCH5
European Cancer Patient Coalition
Patient-designed healthcare?
European Cancer Patient Coalition
Patient-designed healthcare?
Patient-designed healthcare?CHAORDIC: What if your data did not have to die in dusty paper files and unconnected electronic silos? What if many private institutions, non-profit organizations, research centers, government entities and individual patients decided to share data? What if we could do this over a span of years creating an ever larger data set? That data set could be accessed by the many in a timely fashion that will enable both the individual and the organization to make informed health decisions.
Patient-designed healthcare: the new reality
• Informed Shared Medical Decision Making • Quality of Care • Patient empowerment to understand his
disease, his treatment & care & to speak about his preferences
• Respect of patient dignity & preferences• Patient involvement in healthcare policy
planning, design of research, medicines development, evaluation of health care providers
Thank you for your attention!
Kathi Apostolidis – Vice President ECPC/BelgiumChair –Intergroup Committee for Cancer Patient Rights Advocacy /GreeceBoard Member –KEFI – Cancer Patients, Doctors & Friends Association/GreeceTwitter: @kgapo, @cancereu, #opnhealthYouTube: ECPCTVFacebook: European Cancer Patient Coal.ition, #opnhealthWordpress: http://epatientgr.wordpress.comPinterest: Kathi Apostolidis
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