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Health on the net, not only physicians . A tool for patient empowerment

Health on the net, not only physicians . A tool for patient empowerment. Prof. Giuseppe Nappi. WHAT’S EMPOWERMENT (EMP)?. EMP is all about the acquisition of new abilities and functions. In the healthcare setting, EMP refers to the enhanced ability of “empowered patients”

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Health on the net, not only physicians . A tool for patient empowerment

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  1. Health on the net, notonlyphysicians.A toolforpatientempowerment Prof. Giuseppe Nappi

  2. WHAT’S EMPOWERMENT (EMP)? • EMP is all about the acquisition of new abilities and functions. • In the healthcare setting, EMP refers to the enhanced ability of “empowered patients” to understand and manage their own disease.

  3. The EMPconcept has recently undergone a considerable evolution • First introduced in the early 1970s, on the wave of the 1968 drive for equality and emancipation, it remained for a long time a utopian ideal of redistribution of power and knowledge. • In recent years, EMP has actually become the philosophy underlying planned healthcare reforms in the Western world. (WHO, 2004 - EU strategy, 2007-2013).

  4. The popularity of EMP is due to at least 3 socio-cultural factors: • The failure of the “technophilic model” of modern medicine, which has led to patient dissatisfaction. • The concept, driven by today’s consumer-oriented society,of the “patient as a consumer”. • The adfirmation of the information society and the growth of INTERNET.

  5. Humanity vs technology Censis-fbm 2007. A survey in EU countries

  6. The quality of the consultation Yankelowicz Monitor 2001-USA

  7. Headaches are an example of the failure of the technophilic model of medicine • The tendencytoignore the Whole(PERSON) in favourof the Part (HEAD) generates, in headachepatients, frustration and a desiretocontributeto the management oftheirownhealth • Whatpatientsneedisempathy and carefulattentiontotheirdiseaseexperience, accessto care and trainedphysicians. • Whattheygetis a well-marketedpainkiller or a hurriedconsultationwith a physicianwho, failingtomakean accurate diagnosis, treatsonly the symptom. Censis-fbm 2007. A survey in EU countries

  8. The growth of the Information Society and Internet has made it possible to offer knowledge, education, support, and better communication between all those interested in health, all in a convenient, anonymous, multimedia and interactive manner. Searching for health information online is the second most common internet activity in Western countries Internet is the first source of information about health, more than doctors

  9. The online revolutionofhealthcaresystems Pew Internet 2009

  10. The experience of COMOESTAS marks an important turning point Through an alliance of technology and humanity, physicians and patients can improve health

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