Patient Empowerment Network

Path to Empowerment - Patient Empowerment Network (PEN) is dedicated to improving health literacy and treatment outcomes for cancer patients and care partners at every step of their journey. Through our free online resources, PEN educates, then ACTIVATES patients and their care partners to become co-decision makers with their healthcare teams. By insisting on the most current and personalized care available, empowered patients achieve better treatment outcomes. powerfulpatients.org

Digitally Empowered™ - A free and easy-to-complete course that develops the skills necessary to use online health resources, including telehealth. Requires <90 minutes to complete and available in English and Spanish. iamdigitallyempowered.org

PEN Network Managers - “Help from people who’ve been there.” Volunteers who represent cancer areas based on their own experience who create broader awareness of PEN’s resources within the cancer community, contribute to content, and help patients and caregivers gain the skills and confidence to become self-advocates. bit.ly/2LuRsmr

Empowering Providers to Empower Patients (EPEP) - The EPEP program is intended to provide a community for HCPs that advocate for patient empowerment. EPEP is a destination for an abundance of free resources that HCPs can give to their patients to minimize the pain points that they face every day. powerfulpatients.org/epep

What You Need to Know Before Choosing a Cancer Treatment - What steps help patients decide on the best treatment path for their specific cancer? This patient-friendly animated video explains how identification of unique features of a specific cancer through biomarker testing could impact prognosis, treatment decisions and enable patients to get the best, most personalized cancer care. powerfulpatients.org/biomarkers... More Info Less Info