Smart patients
The active participation of an informed patient in his treatment significantly improves the results of that treatment and increases the probability of a final cure
Patients are the greatest underutilised potential of health care for improving treatment results and disease outcomes. By becoming familiar with information about his disease, with possibilities and options in diagnosis and therapy, the patient can become a real expert for his disease, able to actively participate in the choice and planning of diagnostics and treatment, together with his doctors. The active participation of an informed patient in his treatment significantly improves the results of that treatment and increases the probability of a final cure (cited on the basis of the website Smartpatients.com).
