Speaker Biography

Vaughan Daniels Hepnar

Vaughan Medical LLC

Title: The Therapeutic Ladder - A Clinician and a Patient Perspective

Biography:

Director of Clinical Education and Development, Medical Devices | Health Systems Lead, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | Vaughan Medical LLC

Since leaving college having studied social health I have worked for over 25 years in health care, in the area of the use of energy based medical devices, LASERS, for medical applications and Laser physics and optimisation in clinical settings. A particular focus has been on the clinical management and the establishment of new services in primary and secondary care, clinical research, trials and studies, development and execution of training programs and clinical education and the provision of professional training excellence to CPD / CME standards and have been accredited with the Continuing Professional Development Office – CPD Provider status and Provider of Training Excellence coupled with Health Economics and Outcomes, and received a Value Based Health Care award in 2020.

Abstract:

We shall discuss the therapeutic ladder and the treatment pathway and its importance to the patient, clinician and multidisciplinary team, the health care provider and funder. Within Urology, we discuss patient treatment management but rarely its impact from point of entry and the number of steps for the patient, and we shall show that the patient would rather have a shortened therapeutic ladder through original research and the benefits to the patient, clinician, health care provider and funder potentially saving healthcare costs, time, and the number of treatments. This is especially important at a time when there is a shortfall in urological elective procedure, with new patients requiring intervention outstripping the number of procedures performed. This will be an opportunity to examine the patient pathway in your clinical practice both from a patient and health care provider view to ensure best practice and maximizing resource.