8. We see things as we are, not as they are*
*Talmud Berachot 55b
Person Patient Condition Treatment ‘X’
‘Soft/ Social’ ‘Hard/ Medical’
Person/ Society
‘Professional/ System’
13. A ‘Personalised’ Health Service?
Past Medical
History
Current Medication
Ethnicity/
Communication
Preferences
Health Literacy
Medicines Beliefs
Health Beliefs
“A poison”
“A miracle
cure”
Motivation
Beyond Health
25. Take home messages
1.Patient engagement is an imperative
2.Failure to understand patients is damaging healthcare
3.Build solutions with them and clinicians
4.Measure impact beyond that of the product
5.Be honest: get help in any or all of above!