Understanding patient engagement in health system decision-making: a co-designed scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With healthcare striving to shift to a more person-centered delivery model, patient and family involvement must have a bigger role in shaping this. While many initiatives involving patients and family members focus on self-care, a broader understanding of patient participation is necessary. Ensuring a viable and sustainable critical number of qualified patients and family members to support this shift will be of utmost importance. The purpose of this study was to understand how health systems are intentionally investing in the training and skill development of patients and family members.

Methods

Patient co-investigators and researchers conducted a scoping review of the existing literature on methods adopted by healthcare systems to build the skills and capacity o

SUBMITTER: McCarron TL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6474065 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature