North Estonia Medical Centre
The North Estonia Medical Centre is one of the top healthcare providers in the country. Its statutes states that their goal is "to provide high-quality, specialized medical care and ambulance services, to be the learning base of training that precedes and follows the acquiring of health care professionals’ qualifications and does healthcare-related study and research work."
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Trials
Trials Information for Patients
Primary Purpose: Instructs about the procedure to participate in one of the hospital's clinical trials.
Access: Information [1]
Experts
Department of Follow-Up Care - Oncologic care
General Surgery and Oncology Surgery
General and Oncology Urology Centre
Learning Resources
Professional Training
Content type: Provides training to professionals.
Target audience: Doctors, nurses and care staff and other professionals of health from across Estonia.
Access: Information [2].
Novel Therapies and Diagnostic Methods
Association: Patient Advisory Council
Content Type: Ensures the interests of the patient are being taken into account when making decisions and designing services, and that the patient has an active role in the treatment process.
Members: Estonian Rheumatism Association; Avitus NGO; Estonian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Society NGO; Estonian Celiac Society; Estonian Psoriasis Association; Estonian Hemophilia Society;Estonian Chamber of Disabled People; Tallinn Chamber of Disabled People; Saaremaa Cancer Society; Läänemaa Cancer Association; Estonian Stroke Patients Society.
Access: Information [3]
Service: Tobacco Cessation Counseling Office
Content Type: Trained nurses perform counseling, organize a treatment plan for the patients, and accompany them during a specific time to help them quit smoking.
Target Audience: Free for everyone.
Access: Information [4]
Service: Chemotherapy Counseling
Content Type: A nurse-counselor instructs the patient and his family individually before, during, and after the chemotherapy treatment about the procedure, possible side effects, and how to deal with those.
Target Audience: Patients and their relatives.
Access: Information [5]
Service: Palliative Care Nurse Advisor
Content Type: A nurse instructs about the disease the patient is suffering from and how to deal with it and connects the patient to specialists who will help with palliative care.
Target Audience: Patients and their relatives.
Access: Information [6]
Resource: Learning Resources for Relatives and Caretakers
Content Type: Guides and counseling appointment information.
Target Audience: Patients, Relatives and Caretakers.
Access: Information [7]
