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discovering hands® New professions for persons with disabilities – blind and visually impaired women improve BC early detection Dr. Frank Hoffmann Zero Project Conference, Vienna February 26th, 2015 0 Breast cancer is the most common malign disease for women in germany Incidence rises Treatment cost rise +2% p.a. +4% p.a. 71.000 cases per year SOURCE: Robert Koch Institute > 2 Billion € per year © discovering hands®-2015 | 1 It is not the tumor that kills... …but its metastasizing cells. The goal: To find the tumor in an early stage. SOURCE: discovering hands® © discovering hands®-2015 | 2 An early diagnosis of breast cancer increases the chance for survival and reduces the costs for treatment Rate of survival by disease stadium at time of diagnosis Stadium I Stadium II Reduction of costs for treatment through early diagnosis Cost reduction per patient – stadium I vs. stadium II (EUR) Stadium III Approx rate of survival, (%) 57,512 Stadium IV 100 90 80 70 48,474 60 50 40 9,038 30 20 10 Saved costs for treatment 0 0 1 2 3 4 Reduced loss of productivity Total value of early diagnosis 5 6 7 8 9 10 Years after diagnosis SOURCE: Cancer research UK, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit, 2009, Radice et al: Breast Cancer Management © discovering hands®-2015 – Quality of Life and Cost Considerations, Pharmaeconomics, 2003 | 33 Employment situation of blind and visually impaired people Job rates among people with disabilities are unproportionally high even in industrialized countries People with disabilities are being marginalized and reduced to their “disability” Economic and personal potential for development is being disregarded, resulting in higher cost SOURCE: discovering hands® © discovering hands®-2015 | 4 A solucion: discovering hands® discovering hands® deploys visually impaired women to provide screenings: • Proven superior sense of touch “Win-win” • Professionally developed, standardized and quality assured protocol/routine • More health: Earlier detection: lower health cost, lower disease burden • Examinations take at least 30 mins - dedicating a max. of time and attention to every individual patient • More employment: Employment of people with disabilities SOURCE: discovering hands © discovering hands®-2015 | 5 It is not the tumor that kills... …but its metastasizing cells. The goal: To find the tumor in an early stage. patients SOURCE: discovering hands® physicians MTEs © discovering hands®-2015 | 6 Social Franchise discovering hands® franchise contract business plan national organization stakeholderanalysis Market research Investors and supporters © discovering hands®-2015 | 7 Social Franchise discovering hands® franchise contract Project Group Austria Dr. Alexandra Gruber business plan & Team In cooperation with: Dr. Michael Elnekheli, Facharzt für Gynäkologie Prof. Michael Micksche, Wr. Krebshilfe Mag. Astrid Essl, Marktforschung Mag. Barbara Vielnascher & Team (SEBUS / BSVÖ) national organization Mag. Michael Leitner (Public Health PR GmbH) / Herbert Pachler (Alles Spricht GmbH) Mag. Gregor Rathkolb (Schönbrunner Advokatur) Michael Zykan, globe personal services Boehringer-Ingelheim: Dr. Monika Henninger / Dr. Folker Ruchatz MMH: Manuela Pastore, Dr. Matthias Fuchs, Michael Döll, Ingeborg Homolka Ashoka Österreich stakeholderanalysis Market research Investors and supporters © discovering hands®-2015 | 8 The first Austrian „SinnStifter“-MTEs Jaqueline Garras Emine Cam Manuela Bauer Sibel Cam © discovering hands®-2015 | 9 Do they like it? doctors patients MTEs professional assistance for better diagnoses better chances for survival Focus on capability instead of disability better social rating for social dedication 30-50 minutes of „tender care“ Independence by a new field of work additional earnings with innovative health care offer Change of perspective on people with disabilities Respect instead of pity © discovering hands®-2015 | 10 © discovering hands®-2015 | 11 Contact: Dr. Frank Hoffmann discovering hands® gUG Großenbaumer Str. 28 45479 Mülheim an der Ruhr Barbara Vielnascher SEBUS Hietzinger Kai 85 1130 Wien Tel Fax +49 - 208 – 375 834 99 +49 - 208 – 365 756 50 Tel +43 1 9827584222 Mail URL: [email protected] www.discovering-hands.de [email protected] www.sebus.at 12