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September 27, 2023Healthcare Quarterly covered Engaging Patients and their Families
In 2017 an article was written about Integrating Engagement and Improvement Work at CHEO. An action plan was put in place to integrate their patient engagement and quality improvement approaches. Since then these questions were to be asked - Where in the improvement cycle is it most critical to involve patients/families? How are improvement science methods adapted to ensure meaningful and effective engagement? What organizational structures are best suited to optimize collaboration between patient engagement and quality improvement functions? Full article.
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Inside the push to end ‘birth evacuations’ in Indigenous communities
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