Bringing together patients' perspectives on eHealth and mHealth
Patient groups are uniquely placed from lived experience to guide on how to have the toughest of conversations. The UK patient group charity, the Brainstrust, offers a wide range of support via its website, including sharing their experience on dealing with the challenges of living …
Standing out with video at the app stores Even fully commercial developers with big budgets struggle to make their health apps stand out from many thousands on the app stores. The UK patient organisation, the Brain Tumour Charity, stands ahead of the crowd in three …
The UK charity, Macmillan Cancer Support has a long history of innovation in cancer care. In recent years some UK cancer patients have `Holistic Needs Assessments’ at key points in their journey, such as diagnosis or change of treatment. Typically, these are structured, face to …
Patient groups globally are not only helping their communities to deal with the pandemic, but striving to ensure that access to treatments and care continues. There’s a dual challenge of not only advocating to re-engage patients with services disrupted by Covid-19, but also taking opportunities …
Balancing needs of the individual with broad advocacy For larger, international umbrella patient groups, maintaining ties with, and supporting individual patients, can be challenging. Nonetheless, one such organisation has made a point of recognising the importance of placing the patient at the heart of what …
Some years ago, we created a toolkit to help people searching for health apps to do that safely. So, it’s always reassuring to see charities supporting patients guide individuals towards trusted resources. Where to start finding information Building on work by the US National Cancer …
When can printed resources be better than digital? In the field of cancer care and cancer care in general, in particular, patients welcome and even seek out support to manage their condition. But how should this support be delivered? In a digital world, resources to …
Australian charity demonstrates key steps in developing a carer tool – Gather My Crew Gather My Crew is a digital tool that enables patients and carers to set up and manage support networks. Although working as a small charity, the team has pulled together good practice …
European cancer patient group argue benefits of mHealth… Lets begin with the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC) which argues the case for mHealth in cancer as part of its White Paper, `The Value of Innovation in Oncology’. In due time the paper will be launched. With …