With the increase in chronic diseases, therapeutic patient education (TTE) is developing: it allows patients, accompanied by trained professionals, to better understand and manage their disease, to know the benefits and side effects of treatments, to recognize an aggravation and knowing how to react ... It is a question of
"moving from a prescriptive and injunctive approach to a collaborative approach"
, explains Dr Brigitte Sandrin, director of the French association for the development of therapeutic education (Afdet).
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Included in the 2009 health law, this “education” - free for patients because it is covered by the Social Security - is carried out through programs, 80% of which are set up by hospitals after authorization from regional health agencies (ARS ).
Patients benefit from personalized interviews, group workshops, information meetings, etc.
At the Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), 50,000 patients are educated each year in
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