Šarūnas Narbutas, president at the Lithuanian Cancer Patients’ Coalition (POLA), explains the role of patients in shaping the Lithuanian healthcare system as well as the importance of having an integral approach when discussing with healthcare stakeholders to drive progress in the country.
You hold a number of roles in different organizations besides the Lithuanian Cancer Patients’ Coalition (POLA). How do you manage to succeed in all of them at the same time?
"All the healthcare stakeholders, even the government, agree that Lithuania should move the reimbursement criteria from purely cost of the drug to value-based healthcare and e-Health plays a key role in this transition."
