Patient Destiny: The Role of the Patient in Patient Care


 There is an inevitable evolution taking place in health care. It’s called Patient Destiny, and it is rooted in the fact that patients are beginning to demand immediate and timely access to their own personal health information. Patients want this access so they can partner effectively with healthcare providers in the management of their health and wellness.

The ultimate goal of Patient Destiny is an informed patient: a person who has all the appropriate information in hand and who is, thereby, able to work within the system to obtain the best healthcare services and outcomes. With a vision of “One Patient, One Record,” Patient Destiny believes in developing an electronic health record (EHR) for all Ontarians that can be accessed by the continuum of healthcare providers as well as by patients themselves, which we believe will then lead to improved health outcomes.

Through organized “One Patient, One Record” symposia, Patient Destiny is following an innovative approach by inviting both patients and healthcare personnel to the table to engage in dialogue about how to promote patient eHealth. The results of discussions to date show that both groups strongly support patients being able to access their health information. Efforts are underway to achieve the following recommendations:

  • Raise awareness with all stakeholder groups (e.g., patients, caregivers, healthcare personnel) of the importance of accessing health information in managing patient care.
  • Encourage multiple stakeholder engagement in the design and development of pilot patient eHealth projects to respond to the increased awareness and demand for personal health information.
  • Develop key indicators and outcomes to be measured in these pilot projects to determine the value of patient eHealth.

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May 16, 2010

Town Hall Event - May 17th

Patient Destiny is presenting at its first Town Hall event.  This event will be held in the riding of Toronto-St. Paul's (Ontario, Canada) and is being hosted by the Federal Liberal Minister Dr Carolyn Bennett. The topic of the Town Hall will be patient eHealth solutions and the role that they can play in patient engagement.

It is strongly believed that the only way to sustainability of the Canadian healthcare system is active patient involvement in the management of their own care. The only way that can be accomplished is through access to one's own health onformation; and this is only feasible within a world of fuctioning eHealth Solutions. To find out more, please download the recently added Town Hall Agenda document to our site.

In addition, we have added two documents emanating from the Ottawa symposium:

1. Full report from the Ottawa "One Patient, One Record" symposium

2. A Case Study illustrating the Value of One Record

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