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Review
. 2017 Nov 21;2(Suppl 1):55-62.
doi: 10.1159/000479547. eCollection 2017 Nov-Dec.

Making Change Happen in Health

Denis Horgan  1 , Carin Smand  2 , Anastassia Negrouk  3 , Denis Lacombe  3
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Review

Making Change Happen in Health

Denis Horgan et al. Biomed Hub. .

Abstract

Integrating personalised medicine into Europe's healthcare systems will undoubtedly need to draw upon diverse talents via a multi-stakeholder approach taking expertise from academia, industry, healthcare organisations, government, policymakers and, of course, patient groups. It will also need a long-term budget commitment geared towards stimulating research and innovation in order to succeed. The role of HTA also needs to be boosted, while EU engagement in health needs to increase, not decrease, and requires a long-term strategy to provide a structure, a framework, and a consensus. Health equals wealth and the authors argue here that investment in research and innovation, alongside laws and rules that are fit-for-purpose and reflect the swiftly changing world of medicine, are vital. Europe needs to grasp these points at every level for the benefit of the millions of potential patients spread across the soon-to-be 27 Member States.

Keywords: Cooperation; Health technology assessment; Inequalities; Innovation; Multidisciplinary; Research; Unmet need.

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