Developing the first pan-Canadian survey on patient engagement in patient safety.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient safety is a worldwide problem, and the patient contribution to mitigate the risk of patient harm is now recognized as a cornerstone to its solution. In order to understand the nature of integrating patients into patient safety and healthcare organizations and to monitor their integration, a Canadian survey tool has been co-constructed by patients, researchers and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI). This questionnaire has been adapted from the French version of the patient engagement (PE) in patient safety (PS) questionnaire created for the province of Quebec, Canada.

Methodology

The pan-Canadian PE in PS survey tool was developed in a five-step process: (1) a literature review and revision of the initial tool developed in the province of Quebec;

SUBMITTER: Aho-Glele U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520305 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature