Opinion Leader Empowered Patients About the Era of Digital Health: a Qualitative Study Patient-centred medicine Authors: Bertalan Meskó, Nóra Radó, Zsuzsa Győrffy ‘The relationship e-patients have with their physicians is based on efficient communication, proactivity, the desire for asking questions and the use of technologies. The interviews have shown that the rapid development of technology has fundamentally changed the lives of these e-patients, and technology eventually is transforming the physician–patient relationship into a partnership.’ […]

Information and Communications Technology–Based Interventions Targeting Patient Empowerment: Framework Development Authors: Liran Karni, Koustuv Dalal, Mevludin Memedi, Dipak Kalra, Gunnar Oskar Klein ‘The concept of patient empowerment is closely associated with the ongoing paradigm shift from a paternalistic to a patient-centered model of engagement. In recent decades, health care systems have undergone a major paradigm shift from a patient-doctor relationship towards a patient-health care relationship where patients, as consumers, are enjoying more equality in the provision of, and [...]