Putting Patients First

From Dr.Aniruddha Malpani

PUTTING PATIENTS FIRST - CONFERENCE

20TH OCTOBER 2010 - 9.30AM - 1.30PM

NEHRU CENTER, MUMBAI

Traditionally, Indian patients were passive and were quite happy to leave all medical decisions to the doctor . However , times have changed, and internet positive patients are hungry for information and want to work in partnership with their doctor. This is a huge challenge – and a great opportunity as
well . We feel patients are the largest untapped healthcare resource and that Information Therapy is Powerful Medicine !

In partnership with the Patient Information Forum, UK, HELP is organizing The Empowered Patient Conference. Our keynote speaker will be Mr Mark Duman, President of PiF

( http://www.pifonline.org.uk/home/)

Information Therapy can help patients (and health insurance companies !) save money on

medical care by:

1. Promoting SelfCare and helping them to do as much for themselves as they can

2. Helping them with Evidence-Based Guidelines , so that they can ask for the right medical treatment that they need – no more and no less

3. Helping them with Veto Power, so they can say No to medical care they don’t need, thus preventing overtesting and unnecessary surgery .

Information Therapy is good for doctors and hospitals as well, as patients who are well-informed have realistic expectations of their treatment. They are much more likely to have a good medical outcome and much less likely to sue.

How can we all work together – doctors, patients, hospitals, health insurance companies and IT companies , to ensure that patients are at the heart of everything we do in healthcare ?

After having received your confirmation to present your views at the conference, we now invite you contribute your articles, blog posts, views and opinion on this subject. These articles will be put up on a brand new website being created by us to project your thoughts and perspective.

Please email your contributions to helplibrary@gmail.com