Bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team

This paper presents an innovative model of care, which brings patients who have already been through a similar experience of illness (<em>patient advisors</em>) directly to the bedside of patients, where they are viewed as full-fledged members of the clinical team. As part of a pilot pro...

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Autores principales:	Karine Vigneault, Johanne Higgins, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Josée Arsenault, Valérie Lahaie, Audrey-Maude Mercier, Olivier Fortin, Alain Danino
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Publicado:	The Beryl Institute 2015
Materias:	patient partnership peer support patient advisors communication quality of care model of care Medicine (General) R5-920 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:10357b046da8453dbd8bf147c76eddc92021-11-15T04:21:32ZBringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team2372-0247https://doaj.org/article/10357b046da8453dbd8bf147c76eddc92015-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pxjournal.org/journal/vol2/iss2/4https://doaj.org/toc/2372-0247This paper presents an innovative model of care, which brings patients who have already been through a similar experience of illness (<em>patient advisors</em>) directly to the bedside of patients, where they are viewed as full-fledged members of the clinical team. As part of a pilot project, three patient advisors were recruited and met with patients who had sustained a traumatic amputation and were admitted to the only center of expertise in replantation of the upper limb in Canada. Several individual interviews and focus groups with patients and patient advisors have revealed very promising results. Indeed, patients have expressed tremendous appreciation for their meetings and interactions with patient advisors. They have stated feeling less isolated, having a better morale and increased hopefulness regarding the outcome of the care pathway. Patient advisors also felt a positive impact of their involvement. A larger study needs to be conducted to determine the impact of this model of care on patient adherence to treatment and on members of the health care team.Karine VigneaultJohanne HigginsMarie-Pascale PomeyJosée ArsenaultValérie LahaieAudrey-Maude MercierOlivier FortinAlain DaninoThe Beryl Institutearticlepatient partnershippeer supportpatient advisorscommunicationquality of caremodel of careMedicine (General)R5-920Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPatient Experience Journal (2015)
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description	This paper presents an innovative model of care, which brings patients who have already been through a similar experience of illness (<em>patient advisors</em>) directly to the bedside of patients, where they are viewed as full-fledged members of the clinical team. As part of a pilot project, three patient advisors were recruited and met with patients who had sustained a traumatic amputation and were admitted to the only center of expertise in replantation of the upper limb in Canada. Several individual interviews and focus groups with patients and patient advisors have revealed very promising results. Indeed, patients have expressed tremendous appreciation for their meetings and interactions with patient advisors. They have stated feeling less isolated, having a better morale and increased hopefulness regarding the outcome of the care pathway. Patient advisors also felt a positive impact of their involvement. A larger study needs to be conducted to determine the impact of this model of care on patient adherence to treatment and on members of the health care team.
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author	Karine Vigneault Johanne Higgins Marie-Pascale Pomey Josée Arsenault Valérie Lahaie Audrey-Maude Mercier Olivier Fortin Alain Danino
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title	Bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team
title_short	Bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team
title_full	Bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team
title_fullStr	Bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team
title_full_unstemmed	Bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team
title_sort	bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team
publisher	The Beryl Institute
publishDate	2015
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Bringing patient advisors to the bedside: a promising avenue for improving partnership between patients and their care team

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