PXJ Article

A Quality Improvement Initiative Using Discharge Education Videos to Improve Communication with Families in a Pediatric Urgent Care

Effective discharge communication, often given in verbal and written form, during pediatric acute healthcare visits positively impacts caregiver satisfaction and competency in providing at-home care. Institutions are beginning to incorporate evidence-based, and standardized multimedia education to try to further improve these outcomes.

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

A sociotechnical systems approach toward tailored design for personal health information management

A student’s lesson in healthcare disparities

A vision for using online portals for surveillance of patient-centered communication in cancer care

Accelerating patient experience performance: Collaboration and engagement as drivers for success

Acquiring knowledge prior to diagnosis: A grounded theory of patients’ experiences

Adapting and responding to a pandemic: Patient and family advisory councils in children’s hospitals during COVID-19

This mixed-methods study investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) within children’s hospitals in the United States. Specifically, the study sought to understand how PFACs adapted operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, how patient and family advisors (PFAs) were engaged in the response to COVID-19, and