PEP India

Partnership to Empower Patients (PEP) - coalition of #healthproviders & #patientgroups to make #patientcentric decisions

[Dr Jitendra Singh @DrJitendraSingh]

A team of experts, representing "Indo-US Health Initiatives",called on to discuss scope of mutual collaboration between USA and India in healthcare sector, with special focus on Integrated Medicine, Yoga and other alternative streams of healthcare management.

[Bal Raksha Bharat @balrakshabharat]

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “wedding?”
Fun, frolic, excitement, happiness, food, decorations, happy bride and groom. Right? The sad reality is that this is not the case with everyone in #India.
Do you know why?

#StopChildMarriage #IndianWeddings

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Study by @ficci_india and @EYnews states that healthcare sector is a key sector for development in India but health insurance remains under-penetrated and expensive for the consumers thus making healthcare services unaffordable #HealthcareServices https://t.co/JzxSX81qZR

[PEP India @PEP_India]

@VSReddy_MP proposed a private member bill in the Rajya Sabha saying amendment in the Constitution should be made by introducing a new article 21 B for making right to health a fundamental right #HealthForAll #fundamentalrights

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Asia has the highest rate globally of those pushed below the poverty line due to out-of-pocket health costs. An estimated 72% of those spending 25% of their household budgets on healthcare live in Asia @WHO and @WorldBank Report https://t.co/Emt7BnyTtZ

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Food or healthcare?

An impossible choice for the world's poorest people @guardian https://t.co/4WHD5xrllp

[PEP India @PEP_India]

As per the @UN backed study, 100 million people are being pushed into extreme poverty each year due to the out-of-pocket health expenses and 800 million people spend more than 10% of household budget on healthcare #healthexpenses #OutofPocket https://t.co/ViAZoiHP82

[PEP India @PEP_India]

There are reportedly 4.50 million cases of #medicalnegligence in India every year. Several cases over the period of time shows that even self-regulation has failed badly. Healthcare is one sector that requires maximum government #HealthcareForAll https://t.co/8RrL3eU4Zf

[PEP India @PEP_India]

States can curb malpractices in private health sector by adopting and implementing the Clinical Establishment (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 says @JPNadda to chief minister of all states @MoHFW_INDIA #Healthcare
https://t.co/mnaclazppg

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Providing information to patients about services available as well as their cost will play a building block in developing #PatientDoctorRelationship as the trust that is reposed in the generally revered doctor implying that a patient will mostly do what is advised by #doctors

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Code of Ethics states physicians are bound to protect the confidentiality of patients including their personal and domestic lives & non- disclosure of the same may lead to a serious and identified risk to patient #CodeofEthics #PatientInformation #DateSecurity

[PEP India @PEP_India]

@GovtOfIndia_ wants to bring in transparency in the pricing of healthcare services so that patients are aware of the actual cost. If the hospitals are charging more then the consent of the patient is necessary #PatientConsent #transparency #Healthcare https://t.co/epfBxWN7mu

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Large population in rural India is looked upon by overburdened and underfunded hospitals and the traces can be seen in the incidents earlier this year in Gorakhpur and Farrukhabad, illustrating the classic patterns of deficiency found within the Indian #HealthcareSystem

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Doctors, hospitals and #HealthcareSystems need to find ways to foster an environment where everything we do start looking at patients to understand their perspective and problems they face. #MedicalEnvironment plays a vital role in building a healthy #DoctorPatient relationship.

[PEP India @PEP_India]

@IBM reported that Indian Companies could lose Rupees 11 crores to data breaches putting critical medical or other crucial patient data of an individual at risk. Patient's #MedicalData is prone to cyber and hack attacks #InformationSecurity #databreaches #patientdatasafety

[PEP India @PEP_India]

@MoHFW_INDIA issued draft National Patient Safety Implementation Framework (NPSIF), aimed at ensuring patient safety which is the cornerstone of high-quality health care. #patientsafety #SafetyFirst #safetyprinciples #HealthCareForAll
https://t.co/XowFN5WpHD

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Dearth of doctors in India is an underlying issue in the public #Healthcare system. According to the @WHO standard #DoctorPatient ratio shud be 1 doctor to 1000 people but for India it is of 1:1,674, facing deficit of 500,000 doctors #patientfirst

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Accessibility to healthcare is an issue which is increasing with widening disparity between rural and urban modes of living, making India struggle to provide #EquitableHealthCare to its people. #HealthCareForAll #RuralUrbanDisparities

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Implementation of Clinical Establishments Act, 2010 will solve the alleged problem of overcharging for any medical services as the Act prescribes the minimum standards of facilities and services provided @dr_jprasad @MoHFW_INDIA #Regulation #Registration https://t.co/VfcqWDbmWo

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Increased internet penetration and awareness are driving patients to seek additional inputs to make the right choice. Patients today seek objective outcomes and pragmatic experience-based feedback for making those choices. #HealthcareOutcomes #EmpoweringPatients

[PEP India @PEP_India]

Public involvement refer to need for patients and professionals to collaborate in improvement and the ‘empowerment’ #PatientEngagement #EmpowerPatient