European Patients’ Forum (EPF)

Start:

Wed, 20 May 2015, 00:00

End:

Thu, 21 May 2015, 00:00

Website:

http://www.eu-patient.eu/Events/upcoming-events/conference-on-patient-empowerment

Venue:

The EU mapping study “EMPATHiE” (Empowering Patients in their Health Management in Europe) delivered its final report to the European Commission at the end of September 2014.1 EPF was a key partner in this consortium, which reflected on the concept of empowerment as well as existing good practices, barriers and facilitators.

This conference will take the recommendations from EMPATHIE forward to explore the key faces of empowerment and call for action at all levels, by all stakeholders.

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General Info

The European Patients’ Forum (EPF) is an umbrella organisation that works with patients’ groups in public health and health advocacy across Europe. Our members represent specific chronic disease groups at EU level or are national coalitions of patients.

Our mission is to ensure that the patients’ community drives policies and programmes that affect patients’ lives to bring changes empowering them to be equal citizens in the EU.

Registration Process

Please confirm your attendance by sending a message to [email protected] by Friday 15 May at the latest.

Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to email Veronique Tarasovici ([email protected]).

Click to here register.

Programme Topics

The “Patient as partner” initiative / “Hello healthcare” campaign
Equipping patients with the skills and knowledge to take an active role: the “Patient academy” in Bulgaria
WS 1: Health literacy and the informed patient
WS 2: The new patient-professional relationship
WS 3: The role of self-management in chronic disease
Patient empowerment: the policy challenge
European Commission’s perspective
The way forward: presentation of the EPF thematic campaign