Patient partnership in quality improvement of healthcare services: Patients’ inputs and challenges faced

This research focuses on the perception of patients who participated in Continuous Quality Improvement Committees (CIC) regarding their contribution, lessons learned, and challenges encountered. The committees are engaged in a care partnership approach where patients are recognized for their experie...

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Autores principales: Marie-Pascale Pomey, Hassiba Hihat, May Khalifa, Paule Lebel, André Néron, Vincent Dumez
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ee240318e792481299f0811aa65d027d2021-11-15T03:55:59ZPatient partnership in quality improvement of healthcare services: Patients’ inputs and challenges faced2372-0247https://doaj.org/article/ee240318e792481299f0811aa65d027d2015-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pxjournal.org/journal/vol2/iss1/6https://doaj.org/toc/2372-0247This research focuses on the perception of patients who participated in Continuous Quality Improvement Committees (CIC) regarding their contribution, lessons learned, and challenges encountered. The committees are engaged in a care partnership approach where patients are recognized for their experiential knowledge and treated as full members of the clinical team. Based on patient interviews, we conclude that they bring a structured and thoughtful vision of their experience. They identify themselves as real partners in the care process and are grateful for the opportunity to improve the care provided to other patients by using their own experience and by bringing changes to the patient-professional relationship, particularly in terms of communication. They also become better acquainted with the complexity of the health system and its organization. However, their participation in CICs raised two challenges. The first was their availability, as their professional schedules did not always allow them to participate in meetings. The second was their frustration with the slow decision-making process and implementation of necessary measures for quality improvement of healthcare and services. This study highlights the contribution of successful patient participation to quality of care improvement. <strong>Experience Framework</strong> This article is associated with the Patient, Family & Community Engagement lens of The Beryl Institute Experience Framework. (<a href="http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theberylinstitute.org/page/PXSEARCH#resource-list-all/?view_28_page=1&view_28_filters=%5B%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_38%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22in%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22PXJ%20Article%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_20%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_40%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%2C%22Patient%2C%20Family%20%26%20Community%20Engagement%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_41%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D%5D" target="_blank">Access other PXJ articles</a> related to this lens.</li> <li><a href="https://www.theberylinstitute.org/page/Ecosystem-PatientFamilyCommunityEngagement" target="_blank">Access other resources</a> related to this lens.</li> </ul>Marie-Pascale PomeyHassiba HihatMay KhalifaPaule LebelAndré NéronVincent DumezThe Beryl Institutearticlepatient engagementquality and safety managementpatient experiencepatient partnershipquality improvement committeequality of carequalitative methodMedicine (General)R5-920Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPatient Experience Journal (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic patient engagement
quality and safety management
patient experience
patient partnership
quality improvement committee
quality of care
qualitative method
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle patient engagement
quality and safety management
patient experience
patient partnership
quality improvement committee
quality of care
qualitative method
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Marie-Pascale Pomey
Hassiba Hihat
May Khalifa
Paule Lebel
André Néron
Vincent Dumez
Patient partnership in quality improvement of healthcare services: Patients’ inputs and challenges faced
description This research focuses on the perception of patients who participated in Continuous Quality Improvement Committees (CIC) regarding their contribution, lessons learned, and challenges encountered. The committees are engaged in a care partnership approach where patients are recognized for their experiential knowledge and treated as full members of the clinical team. Based on patient interviews, we conclude that they bring a structured and thoughtful vision of their experience. They identify themselves as real partners in the care process and are grateful for the opportunity to improve the care provided to other patients by using their own experience and by bringing changes to the patient-professional relationship, particularly in terms of communication. They also become better acquainted with the complexity of the health system and its organization. However, their participation in CICs raised two challenges. The first was their availability, as their professional schedules did not always allow them to participate in meetings. The second was their frustration with the slow decision-making process and implementation of necessary measures for quality improvement of healthcare and services. This study highlights the contribution of successful patient participation to quality of care improvement. <strong>Experience Framework</strong> This article is associated with the Patient, Family & Community Engagement lens of The Beryl Institute Experience Framework. (<a href="http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ExperienceFramework</a>) <ul> <li><a href="https://www.theberylinstitute.org/page/PXSEARCH#resource-list-all/?view_28_page=1&view_28_filters=%5B%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_38%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22in%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22PXJ%20Article%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_20%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_40%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%2C%22Patient%2C%20Family%20%26%20Community%20Engagement%22%5D%7D%2C%7B%22field%22%3A%22field_41%22%2C%22operator%22%3A%22is%22%2C%22value%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D%5D" target="_blank">Access other PXJ articles</a> related to this lens.</li> <li><a href="https://www.theberylinstitute.org/page/Ecosystem-PatientFamilyCommunityEngagement" target="_blank">Access other resources</a> related to this lens.</li> </ul>
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author Marie-Pascale Pomey
Hassiba Hihat
May Khalifa
Paule Lebel
André Néron
Vincent Dumez
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