From Trauma to Transformation: Accident Victim Uses Her Experience to Improve Healthcare
When an accident took Nicole Rakowski from her administrative role at Hamilton Health Services to being a patient, she gained a unique perspective on patient experience and was inspired to make a difference.
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Patient Family & Community Engagement
A roadmap to engaging patients in research: The experience of a large academic research hospital in Canada
Recent definitions of patient engagement in research (PER) emphasize that engagement should be meaningful, active and an equal collaboration across the research continuum. The increased interest in patient engagement is predicated on the recognition by researchers of the unique experiential knowledge provided by individuals with lived experience, ethical obligations to democratize science and that patient
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Culture & Leadership | Patient Family & Community Engagement
Culture & Leadership: The Impact of Patients and Families on Decision-Making
By Kelly Foran This is the fourth blog in a series of eight by The Beryl Institute’s Global Patient & Family Advisory Board (GPFAB). The intent of this series is to present our perspective on patients’ and families’ lived experience through each of the strategic lenses of The Beryl Institute’s Experience Framework. The Experience Framework
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