Research Article
Patient’s Empowerment and Behaviour Change: Complementary Approaches in EU Projects PALANTE and PEGASO
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-49655-9_43, author={Maria Guarneri and Marco Brocca and Luca Piras}, title={Patient’s Empowerment and Behaviour Change: Complementary Approaches in EU Projects PALANTE and PEGASO}, proceedings={eHealth 360°. International Summit on eHealth, Budapest, Hungary, June 14-16, 2016, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={EHEALTH360}, year={2017}, month={1}, keywords={Patient empowerment Engagement Chronic conditions Prevention Behaviour change Healthcare Motivation Healthy lifestyle}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-49655-9_43} }- Maria Guarneri
Marco Brocca
Luca Piras
Year: 2017
Patient’s Empowerment and Behaviour Change: Complementary Approaches in EU Projects PALANTE and PEGASO
EHEALTH360
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49655-9_43
Abstract
Patient empowerment is widely considered a key component of an effective Health-care system. Empowerment, by effective communication, information and education and thanks to innovative ICT solutions, enables patients to be more active players in their own health, improving the quality of patient/physician relationship and, as a consequence, helping the physician to be more effective as well. However, a patient cannot be properly empowered unless he wants to. He has to be an active part of the empowerment process. Hence, we can say that empowerment requires the patient to have the right attitude, which, often and for various reasons, it is not the case. Proactive initiatives need to be undertaken to develop the correct attitude towards patient empowerment.