Mădălina Iamandei, Executive Director at All.Can International, FH Europe Foundation Patient Ambassador shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Delighted to have joined the 3rd Synergies Forum on Cancer Policy, Research and Funding, hosted by the Hellenic Cancer Federation / ELLOK in Athens, on a panel exploring what person-centred cancer care really asks of our systems.
The message All.Can International brought is a straightforward one. Person-centred cancer care is how health systems achieve better outcomes and make better use of the resources they already have. Our research sets out seven practical steps to get there, spanning timely diagnosis, coordinated care, digital tools, remote care and financial support.
What stayed with me was hearing how much of this is already taking shape in Greece:
- Take OIKOTHEN, the home-care programme born at Agios Savvas Cancer Hospital. For three years it has brought cancer treatment into people’s own homes, and it is now introducing real-time remote monitoring so that care can follow the patient safely, wherever they are. It already runs across four hospitals and has reached thousands of people.
- NOSPI, the new national registry for hospital-at-home care, records who receives care at home and turn that data into better quality and sharper health policy, while easing pressure on hospitals.
Both speak directly to the steps in our report: remote care that meets people where they are, and the digital infrastructure that turns everyday care into evidence. They show person-centred care moving from principle into daily practice.
The task now is to keep going, embedding these approaches across the system and financing them for the long term, so that the benefit reaches everyone living with cancer, wherever they are treated.
Warm thanks to Hellenic Cancer Federation / ELLOK, to our moderator Theodora Psaltopoulou and to my fellow panellists for a genuinely thoughtful discussion.”
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