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FOCUS OF THE MONTH
DELIVERING PATIENT VALUE THROUHGOUT THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
"Active Citizens & Patients' Rights"
The Patients Rights Day was celebrated this month at the European Parliament with joint meeting co-hosted at the European institutions 9 and 10 April in two parts on the topic of “Delivering patient value throughout the healthcare system.”
In a first part: a multi-stakeholder panel discussion convening experts, MEPs, patients, and citizens together to discuss the citizen perspective and patient rights issues in the European community through “A debate on citizens’ expectations.”
The panel questioned whether enough is being done at the European level to facilitate access to health promptly also looking at inequalities across the European neighborhood. The panelists discussed the topic in light of the European Charter of Patients’ Rights (ERPD) launched in 2002, addressing :
- Fundamental rights
- 14 rights of the patient
- Right to PREVENTATIVE MEASURES
- Right of ACCESS
- Right to INFORMATION
- Right to CONSENT
- Right to FREE CHOICE
- Right to PRIVACY & CONFIDENTIALITY
- Right RESPECT of PATIENTS’ TIME
- Right to the OBSERVANCE OF QUALITY STANDARDS
- Right to SAFETY
- Right to INNOVATION
- Right to avoid UNNECESSARY SUFFERING & PAIN
- Right to PERSONALISED TREATMENT
- Right to COMPLAIN
- Right to COMPENSATION
- The right of active citizenship
In the second part: the dialogue focuses on “Digital Health and Personalised Medicine.” The increased digitalisation in health care is seen as a key factor in addressing universal healthcare systems internationally, taking into account, socio-economic benefits and innovative approaches to deliver lasting results, with efficient and impactful results to the best benefit of patients.
DG SANTE's annual work programme for
2019
Implementing the Third Programme of the EU's work in the field of health (2014-2020) DG SANTE sets out the priorities and actions for
2019. It aims to address the issue of health inequalities across
sectors with focus on core-priorities : cross-border health threats,
country specific and inter-country knowledge, prevention and
non-communicable diseases. The actions will invest resources in the
promoting validated best practices and digitally enabled integrated
person-centered care.
Specific actions covered in the overall budgetary allocation reserved
for procurement contracts include the EU's Clinical Trial portal and
database, EU Health Technology Assessment (HTA) cooperation, Digital
Transformation of Health and Care in the Digital Single Market,
knowledge sharing, assessment of healthcare providers and evaluation
systems related to the European Reference Networks, and raising
awareness of medical devices.
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