#2 Challenging Healthcare Norms with Roi Shternin: A Journey Toward Patient Empowerment

In this episode, Roi Shternin, a self-proclaimed patient empowerment renegade, shares his journey into patient advocacy and discusses the barriers that patients face in the healthcare system. He emphasises the importance of holistic care and the need for patients to champion for comprehensive, well-rounded approaches to their health. He also highlights the need for collaboration and mutual respect between patients and healthcare professionals. The conversation explores the importance of positivity and empowerment in healthcare, the need for patient education and involvement, the impact of understanding one's roots and making informed nutritional choices and much more.

Keywords

patient advocacy, chronic illness, healthcare system, barriers, holistic care, collaboration, mutual respect, positivity, empowerment, patient education, patient involvement, caregivers, pharmaceutical industry, digital health tools, nutritional choices

Chapters

00:00 Roi Sternin's Journey into Patient Advocacy

17:57 The Importance of Holistic Health

26:08 Asserting Collaboration and Mutual Respect in Healthcare

35:48 Navigating the Tension Between Industry and Patient-Centred Care

43:42 Choosing the Right Digital Health Tools

Takeaways

• Patients have the power to change their own lives and the lives of others.

• The healthcare system needs to improve in areas such as health IT, navigation, treatment, and socio-economic support.

• Patients should prioritise holistic care, including nutrition, pain management, mental health, and alternative medicine.

• Patients need to advocate for themselves and seek out multidisciplinary care teams.

• Collaboration and mutual respect between patients and healthcare professionals are essential for true healing and wellness.

• Patient education and involvement are crucial for better outcomes.

• Caregivers play a valuable role and should be recognised and included in healthcare decision-making.

• The pharmaceutical industry has influence and should be held accountable.

• Choosing the right digital health tools requires critical thinking and awareness of false claims.

• Understanding one's roots and making informed nutritional choices can contribute to recovery.

I hope you enjoy it!

You can find Roi on LinkedIn.

You can also buy his books that he mentioned:

• The Little Book of Patient Communications

• What Do Patients Want?

If you would like to be on the next instalment of Invisible Insights please reach out to me at tashpunia@gmail.com