NPIS Forum
Building together a European value chain for NPIs defined as targeted and universal prevention/care protocols for personalized/precision medicine and sustainable/equitable health
Advances in early diagnosis, screening for fragility and comprehensive approach of end-of-life are an opportunity to implement preventive and care services that significantly improve health, autonomy, longevity and health-related quality of life, potentiate biomedical treatments, reduce avoidable healthcare expenditure and trigger lasting health behavioral changes. They justify evidence-based and targeted solutions personalized by healthcare professionals called non-pharmacological interventions (NPIs) by health authorities (WHO, 2003; WHO-Europe, 2021; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 2022; European Commission, 2022) and many scientific and health societies.
The Non-Pharmacological Intervention Society, an international, scientific and non-profit NGO has co-constructed a definition of non-pharmacological interventions delimiting a perimeter of psychosocial, nutritional and physical practices, and a research framework as was the case for drugs 60 years ago. A non-pharmacological intervention is “an evidence-based, effective, personalized, non-invasive health prevention or care protocol, registered and supervised by a qualified professional” (Non-Pharmacological Intervention Society, 2023). A transdisciplinary, intersectoral, participative, independent, pragmatic and rigorous work involved over 1000 persons co-constructed a consensual pragmatic and global framework to produce evidence for NPIs based on the principles of EBM and patient-centered approach, the NPIS Model (Non-Pharmacological Intervention Society, 2023).
With the maturity of digital technologies, a process for harmonized regulatory evaluation of NPIs is possible at the European scale. A centralized European register of labeled, described, and codified practices launch in October 2024, the NPIS Registry, will allow better information for patients, professionals and health care operators, but also better choice, engagement, real traceability and possible financial coverage.
The NPIS Forum proposes to build a value chain on NPIs showing the role of targeted protocols, in continuous improvement with AI and digital pathways, associated with personalized medicine for all pathologies and situations of frailty. The forum will address all aspects, from upstream research to downstream implementation, including economics, regulation, training, digital monitoring, and promotion. It will bring together the entire ecosystem compatible with the current healthcare and prevention systems, from researchers to patient representatives, from practitioners to health operators, from regulators to health funders. A global alliance in favor of essential, universal and immaterial practices is under construction in the healthcare field. Contribute to its development. Take part in this face-to-face roundtable in Paris or in an online videoconference.
Participants
Chairman: Dr. Gianni Franco, responsible of the international development of NPIS
Sabine Gourgeon, Group Medical Strategy, Clariane
Pr. Iveta Nagyova, President of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
Pr. Gregory Ninot, President of the NPIS
Lynda Powell, Chairperson, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Chicago
Questions from the audience:
– Economy, regulation, interoperability, training, information