pierre-gerlier forest has put forward the case that we are on the brink of a revolution in health policy that will be the result of the interplay of five factors. i would not challenge any of them but would emphasize the need to address socio-economic health inequalities, which have the potential to become a major cost driver in a time of growing economic inequality. to dr. forest’s list, i wou...

T he 7th International Conference on Patientand Family-Centered Care was held July 25-27, 2016, in New York City. Attended by over 1,000 individuals representing some 348 institutions and organizations from across the United States and around the world, the conference included 120 presentations and 89 posters on topics of patientand family-centered care. A listing of all conference presentation...

Patient and family engagement as part of the health care team is increasingly recommended to meet objective providing safer more coordinated care, well enhancing patient satisfaction. This project explores both professionals’ patients families’ experiences with patient- family-centred (PFCC) interprofessional practice (IPP). Data were collected through individual interviews 29 professionals 17 ...

There is great need for cost effective approaches to increase patient engagement and improve health and well-being. Health and wellness coaching has recently demonstrated great promise, but the majority of studies to date have focused on individual coaching (ie, one coach with one client). Newer initiatives are bringing a group coaching model from corporate leadership development and educationa...

Patient engagement practices are increasingly incorporated in health research, governance, and care. More recently, a large number of evaluation tools and metrics have been developed to support engagement evaluation. This growing interest in evaluation reflects a maturation of the patient engagement field, moving from a “craft” to a reflective “art and science,” with more explicit expected bene...

BACKGROUND Although patient engagement is internationally recognized as a core quality indicator of healthcare systems, no report has yet explored patient engagement in Saudi Arabia. Thus, we explored patients' experiences of engagement with healthcare services and assessed physicians' and nurses' perceptions of this engagement. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study on patients and the...