ReviewAdvances in therapy2016
Promoting Patient and Family Partnerships in Ambulatory Care Improvement: A Narrative Review and Focus Group Findings.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A Qualitative Study to Improve How We Partner With Patients and Families in Healthcare Improvement Collaboratives.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Assessing the improvement of healthcare workers' alcohol-based hand rub with the Pulpe'Friction audit.GMS hygiene and infection control · 2025Article
- Use of Hospital Patient and Family Advisory Councils: A Scoping Study.Journal of patient experience · 2025Article
- Interventions to improve system-level coproduction in the Cystic Fibrosis Learning Network.BMJ open quality · 2024Article
- Challenges and opportunities for increasing patient involvement in heart failure self-care programs and self-care in the post-hospital discharge period.Research involvement and engagement · 2023Review
- Impact of externally facilitated continuous quality improvement cohorts on Advanced Access to support primary healthcare teams: protocol for a quasi-randomized cluster trial.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Using patients' observations to evaluate healthcare workers' alcohol-based hand rub with Pulpe'friction audits: a promising approach?GMS hygiene and infection control · 2023Article
- Consensus on how to optimise patient/family engagement in hospital planning and improvement: a Delphi survey.BMJ open · 2022Article
- How do hospitals engage patients and family members in quality management? A grounded theory study of hospitals in Brazil.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Closing the Gap between Inpatient and Outpatient Settings: Integrating Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Technological Advances in the Comprehensive Management of Frail Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Impacts of patient and family engagement in hospital planning and improvement: qualitative interviews with patient/family advisors and hospital staff.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Organizational capacity for patient and family engagement in hospital planning and improvement: interviews with patient/family advisors, managers and clinicians.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2021Article
- Approaches to optimize patient and family engagement in hospital planning and improvement: Qualitative interviews.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2021Article
- Leveraging an Ambulatory Patient and Family Advisory Council to Improve Patient Experience Scores.Journal of patient experience · 2021Article
- The Value of Family Advisors as Coleaders in Pediatric Quality Improvement Efforts: A Qualitative Theme Analysis.Journal of patient experience · 2020Review
- Priority measures for publicly reporting primary care performance: Results of public engagement through deliberative dialogues in 3 Canadian provinces.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2020Article
- Patient involvement in healthcare workers' practices: how does it operate? A mixed-methods study in a French university hospital.BMC health services research · 2020Review
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11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
introductionAmbulatory practices that actively partner with patients and families in quality improvement (QI) report benefits such as better patient/family interactions with physicians and staff, and patient empowerment. However, creating effective patient/family partnerships for ambulatory care improvement is not yet routine. The objective of this paper is to provide practices with concrete evidence about meaningfully involving patients and families in QI activities.
methodsReview of literature published from 2000-2015 and a focus group conducted in 2014 with practice advisors.
resultsThirty articles discussed 26 studies or examples of patient/family partnerships in ambulatory care QI. Patient and family partnership mechanisms included QI committees and advisory councils. Facilitators included process transparency, mechanisms for acting on patient/family input, and compensation. Challenges for practices included uncertainty about how best to involve patients and families in QI. Several studies found that patient/family partnership was a catalyst for improvement and reported that partnerships resulted in process improvements. Focus group results were concordant.
conclusionThis paper describes emergent mechanisms and processes that ambulatory care practices use to partner with patients and families in QI including outcomes, facilitators, and challenges.
fundingGordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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