The ISoP PatEG‑SIG for Promoting Patient Engagement in Pharmacovigilance: A Change of Paradigm is Needed

Abstract

Effective healthcare systems must build patient-centered ecosystems. Patients can share decision-making in such systems. Patients’ and caregivers’ voices can be heard more loudly if healthcare professionals (HCPs) and policymakers use innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary methods. These methods can empower patients and help create a patient engagement framework role [1]. In this context, effective communication approaches that aim to understand patients’ perspectives, experiences, and needs should be applied in creating any executable frameworks for collaboration between patients and different stakeholders [2]. As using shared decisions on the appropriate treatment options, including use of medicines and devices require optimal dialogue to communicate efficacy and safety.