{"id":2815,"date":"2015-12-04T09:22:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T08:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmaindustria.es\/web_en\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2015-12-04T09:23:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T08:23:34","slug":"the-somos-pacientes-awards-acknowledge-the-best-patients-associations-initiatives-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmaindustria.es\/web_en\/documents\/press-releases\/2015\/12\/04\/the-somos-pacientes-awards-acknowledge-the-best-patients-associations-initiatives-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cSomos Pacientes\u201d Awards acknowledge the best patients\u2019 association\u2019s initiatives in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Madrid, December 3rd 2015.<\/strong>&#8211; Recognizing the efforts, dedication, talent and imagination used by patients\u2019 associations to undertake their work during the year in order to offer assistance, services and solutions to their members and society. This is the spirit which led the ceremony of the first edition of the \u201cSomos Pacientes\u201d Awards, as was highlighted by Antoni Esteve, President of Farmaindustria, during his speech to introduce this ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>These awards, convened by Farmaindustria \u00a0through the on-line community of Patients Associations and disabled people \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.somospacientes.com\">Somos Pacientes<\/a>\u201d, aims to pull together the technology and innovation of this platform with the spirit of distinction of work well done and the generosity of the Associations that characterized these award nominees for the Best Initiative of Patient Service that Farmaindustria delivered between 2005 and 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Divided into two categories (Society and Patients), the winners of these awards were the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patients\u2019 Category.<\/strong> Best web development or application.- Ashua Bracelet, Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome Association (Ashua).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patients\u2019 Category<\/strong>. Best social media campaign.- I\u2019m against stigma, too, Psychiatry and Life Association<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patients\u2019 Category<\/strong>. Best patient service or social awareness campaign.- New births in epidermolysis\u00a0bullosa, Butterfly Skin Association (Debra Espa\u00f1a).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Patients\u2019 Category<\/strong>. Somos Pacientes users\u2019 favorite initiative, chosen through on line voting system with 8,000 participants.- Hemiweb.org, Childhood hemi-paresis Association \u00a0(Hemiweb).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Civil Society Category.<\/strong>&#8211; \u2018We put our heart in everything we do\u2019, Torrej\u00f3n\u2019s University Hospital<\/p>\n<p>Winners in the Patients Categories have been awarded with a commemorative prize and 3,000 \u20ac each. The prize in the Civil Society category is limited to the commemorative prize.<\/p>\n<p>In total, Somos Pacientes received more than 150 candidates to compete in the first edition of these awards, which have generated a considerable expectation amongst the patients\u2019 associations\u2019 network and people with disabilities in Spain.<\/p>\n<p>This 1st edition of the awards ceremony has served as the culmination to the III \u201cSomos Pacientes\u201d meeting, a discussion and debate forum which, in this occasion, tackled the educational and training needs of patients\u2019 associations and disabled citizens, as well as the solution that said associations and other entities propose, with a special emphasis in the field of biomedical R&amp;D.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More than 1,600 associations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event took place at the C\u00f3mo Space in Madrid, before an audience of more than 120 people, most of them representatives of patients\u2019 associations and disabled citizens, as well as of pharmaceutical companies and professional collectives, under the presidency of the Spanish Healthcare and Consumers Secretary General, Javier Castrodeza.<\/p>\n<p>Somos Pacientes (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.somospacientes.com\">www.somospacientes.com<\/a>) is an initiative set up with the aim of generating an online community of patients associations and disabled citizens, which gathers together close to 1,600 groups, offering a shared space of information, participation, education, services and collaborative work to these associations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madrid, December 3rd 2015.&#8211; Recognizing the efforts, dedication, talent and imagination used by patients\u2019 associations to undertake their work during the year in order to offer assistance, services and solutions to their members and society. 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