IPPOSI, the Irish Platform for Patients’ Organisations, Science & Industry, is a Company Limited by Guarantee and a charity based in Dublin. It describes itself as "a patient-led organisation that works with patients, government, industry, science and academia to put patients at the heart of health policy and innovation."[1]

Derick Mitchell is the Chief Executive. It is particularly focussed on issues associated with the use of patients' data.[2] It runs a Patient Education Programme concentrating on clinical trials Health Technology Assessment, health information, connected health and rare diseases [3] and on how drug treatments are financed.[4] It works with the European Patients' Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI) and Dublin City University's Centre for eIntegrated Care.[5][6]

It runs conferences and seminars on a variety of topics including data protection.[7]

It is associated with the European Platform for Patients’ Organisations, Science & Industry, based in Brussels which was established in 1994 as part of the initiative to promote patients' rights.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "LEGISLATION COMPLIANCE". IPPOSI. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "IPPOSI's Derick Mitchell on putting patients first". Tech Central Ie. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "'I was put on a cancer drug trial... and later discovered it actually made the cancer progress faster' - Irish woman (46)". Independent ie. 22 September 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Fibromyalgia: learning about my illness known as the F-word". Irish Times. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "What will DCU's Centre for eIntegrated Care do for Irish healthcare?". Silicon Republic. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Centre for eIntegrated Care".
  7. ↑ "Should your medical data be off the record?". Irish Times. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  8. ↑ Fallberg, L. H. (2000). "Patients Rights in Europe". European Journal of Health Law. 7 (1): 1–3. doi:10.1163/15718090020523007. PMID 12542023. Retrieved 28 June 2020.


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