Video summary of the ALDE Seminar: Will more medical information on prescription drugs help or harm patients ? <br /><br />Event date: 03/02/10 15:00 to 18:00 <br />Location: Location: BE BRUSSELS 4Q1 <br /><br />The seminar will focus on the question of how we can communicate faster, higher quality and more reliable information to patients. <br />Against a background of increasing life expectancy and rapid technological change, conveying better information to patients appears essential to provide them with faster access to high-quality and more appropriate healthcare. How could patients get more reliable and high-quality information? <br />Unfortunately medical leaflets and patient information leaflets are hardly understandable. <br />Written by lawyers for lawyers. Therefore, patients are increasingly trying to find the information on the Internet; however, the information they find there is not always reliable, often only available in English, and heavily influenced by interest groups. <br /><br />----------------------------------------------- <br /><br />MEP's Concerned: Chatzimarkakis Jorgo <br />For more information: elke.pingel(at)europarl.europa.eu <br />[ALDEEVENTS] [Events] [Conference] [Language EN]
