The impact of patient advisors on healthcare outcomes: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Patient advisory councils are a way for healthcare organizations to promote patient engagement. Despite mandates to implement patient advisory councils through programs like the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH), there is a paucity of data measuring the impact of patients functioning in advisory roles. Our objective is to investigate whether patient engagement in patient advisory councils is linked to improvements in clinical quality, patient safety or patient satisfaction. METHODS:We searched PubMed, SCOPUS, CINAHL and Google Scholar for English language publications between November 2002 to August 2015, using a combination of "patient advisor" and "care outcomes" search terms. Article selection utilized dual screening facilitated by DistillerSR software, with group discussi

SUBMITTER: Sharma AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5651621 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature