scholarly journals Advancing Patient Engagement in Health Service Improvement: What Can the Evaluation Community Offer?

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Gilbert ◽  
J. Bradley Cousins

Despite efforts for greater patient engagement in health care quality improvement, evaluation practice in this context remains mostly conventional and noncollaborative. Following an explication of this problem we discuss relevant theory and research on patient-centred care (PCC) and patient engagement and then con-sider potential benefits of collaborative and participatory approaches to evaluation of such initiatives. We argue that collaborative approaches to evaluation (CAE) are logically well-suited to the evaluation of PCC initiatives and then suggest contribu-tions that the evaluation community can offer to help advance patient engagement. Finally, we outline a research agenda that identifies important areas that are in need of further examination.Malgré les efforts consentis pour mieux faire participer les patients dans l’amélioration de la qualité des soins de santé, la pratique d’évaluation dans ce con-texte reste généralement conventionnelle et non collaborative. Après avoir décrit le problème, nous discutons des théories et des recherches pertinentes dans le domaine des soins axés sur le patient et de son engagement, avant de nous pencher sur les avantages possibles des approches collaboratives et participatives en évaluation pour de telles initiatives. Nous avançons que les approches collaboratives en évalu-ation sont particulièrement adaptées à l’évaluation d’initiatives de soins axés sur les patients et suggérons des moyens que la communauté en évaluation contribue à la promotion de la participation des patients. Finalement, nous identifions des priorités de recherche dans des secteurs d’importance où une réflexion approfondie est nécessaire.

2003 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla A Sueta ◽  
Allison Russo ◽  
Anna Schenck ◽  
David W Brown ◽  
Ross J Simpson

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-168
Author(s):  
Guillermo A. Montero

In Patel v. Midland Memorial Hospital & Medical Center, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that the defendant hospital did not violate the plaintiff's due process rights by suspending his clinical privileges without a pre-suspension hearing, where there were reasonable grounds for assuming that patient safety was at risk. Dr. P.V. Patel, a board-certified cardiologist, brought an action against Midland Memorial Hospital and several of its doctors, alleging that the suspension of his clinical privileges violated his right to a pre-suspension hearing; was the result of racial discrimination; and resulted in anticompetitive behavior in violation of antitrust laws. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas granted Midland's motion for summary judgment. The parties filed cross appeals, Dr. Patel on the ground that there were genuine issues of fact for all of his claims, and Midland on the ground that, with the exception of the civil rights claim, it was immune from all of Dr. Patel's claims under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (HCQIA).


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