Patient Journeys are info-graphical overviews that visualize patients’ needs in the care of their rare disease. Because Patient Journeys are designed from the patient’s perspective, they allow clinicians to effectively address the needs of rare disease patients.
Patient Journeys consider that patients’ needs may differ at different stages of the disease – e.g., initial symptoms vs. treatment. They also reflect the patients’ personal experiences, which may vary depending on the person, clinic and country.
ERN-RND considers Patient Journeys working documents that patients and clinicians can use together to identify gaps in care and adapt care pathways to better meet the needs of patients living with these conditions. Patient Journeys can therefore be seen as a first step toward systematic patient engagement in the design of care pathways.
In addition, Patient Journeys are a useful resource for patients, families, non-specialist clinicians, and the general public to understand the care needs of patients living with a rare neurological disease.
The Patient Journey for MSA was developed by Lubomir Mazouch (Czech Association of Atypical Parkinsonian Syndromes, ERN-RND ePAG representative), together with Mary Kearny (Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance Ireland, ERN-RND ePAG representative) and members of the Disease Group ‘Atypical Parkisonian Syndromes’.
You can download the infographic as pdf file by clicking on the image.
Find here the patient journey about Multiply System Atrophy (MSA) as a flyer.
If you would like to translate this patient journey in your own language, please contact us and we will send you the documents to do so.