Patient Engagement: How Patient-provider Partnerships Transform Healthcare Organizations [Hardcover]

Patient-oriented approaches to healthcare management have been brought to the fore in recent years, yet this book underlines how even further change is needed in order to fully mobilise the experiential knowledge of patients, and ultimately improve our healthcare systems. With contributions from scholars and patients across the globe, this collection brings together a comprehensive overview of major achievements in patient engagement, analysing political, organizational and clinical contexts. By understanding the concept of care partnership, the authors explore how this patient revolution could transform, improve and innovate the ways in which care services are organized and delivered. Looking closely at the role of new technologies, this timely book will undoubtedly be of use to patients, managers and professionals within the healthcare industry, as well as those researching health policy and organization.

1. Introduction; Marie-Pascale Pomey, Nathalie Clavel and Jean-Louis Denis.- 2. From Medical Paternalism to Care Parnerships: A Logical Evolution Over Several Decades; Vincent Dumez and Marie-Pascale Pomey.- 3. The Participation of Patients and Relatives in Quebec's Health System: The Montr?al Model; Marie-Pascale Pomey, Vincent Dumez, Antoine Boivin, Ghislaine Rouly, Paule Lebel, Alexandre Berkesse, Annie Descoteaux, Mathieu Jackson, Philippe Karazivan and Nathalie Clavel.- 4. Implementing Patient and Carer Participation in Self-care and Co-care in Sweden: Policy, Practice and the Future of Person-centred Care; John ?vreteit and Eskil Degsell.- 5.Patient and Family Engagement in the United States: A Social Movement from Patient to Advocate to Partner; Maureen Maurer, Pam Dardess and Tara Bristol-Rouse.- 6. Connections: The Power of Learning Together to Improve Healthcare in the United Kingdom; Rachel Matthews, Stuart Green, Rowan Myron, Catherine French, Susan Barber, DionneMatthew, Sandral‘