• Peter Kapitein

    Peter connects patients, researchers and clinicians to further research, treatments and care; in the Netherlands as well as internationally. He organises congresses, lobbies the matrix of public authorities, health care organisations, insurance companies and health research institutes. Peter also gives lectures and talks to help patients and society to fight cancer where possible and live with cancer with a good quality of life. He is a writer of blogs, articles and books that also contributes to these topics.


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    President, Patient Advocate Inspire2Live, Amsterdam, the Netherlands —  Inspire2Live has been created to empower people to convert the sense of powerlessness, caused by cancer, into one of strength. Inspire2Live is founded on the absolute belief that one can attain the greatest possible satisfaction by putting their heart and soul into helping others. Its motto is “Never, ever quit!”.

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    • 04:56 PM, Feb 15

    In Latin America there is a big need for prevention as many people do not have access to treatment due to high costs. Prevention not only in terms of becoming sick but also of not paying more than necessary. The situation varies across the continent, and in some countries there are good working examples. Still, the challenges of cancer in Latin America demand immediate action. By joining forces of...

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    The need and speed of cooperation instead of competition in research

    • 02:42 AM, Sep 22

    Questions that need to be answered taking into account benefits for the patient. Academic rivalry is not in the patient’s interest, and as long as patients are not involved in healthcare and healthcare research on an equal basis there will be no solutions for the questions that need answering. Leó Szilárd wrote in 1948 The Mark Gable Foundation (Szilárd 1961). When asked by a wealthy...

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    What could the new data protection law mean for health sector leaders? The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect on 25 May 2018, replacing the 1995 Data Protection Directive. Directly binding and applicable in all EU states, the GDPR aims to protect the data and privacy of the European population by giving control back to citizens and to make the regulatory env

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    The payer determines, but it is not the patient

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    • 10:37 PM, Sep 19

    A reminder about who is at the centre of the complex healthcare hierarchy and industry – the patient.   In May I was present at the excellent congress “Responsible Research and Innovation in the Health Industry”, organised among others by the EU Economic and Social Committee. I had the honour of speaking about my ideas on innovation and the obstacles that are connected with it. Of course...

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