Hospital capacity for patient engagement in planning and improving health services: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient engagement (PE) in planning or improving hospital facilities or services is one approach for improving healthcare delivery and outcomes. To provide evidence on hospital capacity needed to support PE, we described the attributes of hospital PE capacity associated with clinical quality measures.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey of general and specialty hospitals based on the Measuring Organizational Readiness for Patient Engagement framework. We derived a PE capacity index measure, and with Multiple Correspondence Analysis, assessed the association of PE capacity with hospital type, and rates of hand-washing, C. difficile infection rates and 30-day readmission.

Results

Respondents (91, 66.4%) included general: < 100 beds (48.4%), 100+ bed

SUBMITTER: Gagliardi AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7908767 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature