WEBINAR: Embedding Patient Partnerships Across the Healthcare System - Jun 25, 2020

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Thursday June 25, 12.00pm - 1.30pm (EDT)
Embedding Patient Partnerships Across the Healthcare System
(Improvement Lead, CFHI)

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Guest speakers:

• Felecia Watson (Executive Director of Patient and Client Experience, Saskatchewan Health Authority [SHA]),

• Kevin Belitski (Patient Partner, SHA)

• Kathy Quinlan (Manager of Quality and Co-Chair of Patient Family Advisory Council, Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare [HDGH], Ontario),

• Lisa Raffoul (Patient Advocate, HDGH),

• Barb Masotti (Co-Chair of Patient Family Advisory Council, HDGH) and

• Joe Karb (Vice President of Restorative Care, HDGH)

The underlying philosophy of patient-centred and patient partnered care, and the role of the family caregiver as an essential partner in care needs to be consistent and fully institutionalized across the health system and the continuum of care. Despite significant perceived gains in patient engagement, partnership and the emergence of patient leadership, in a time of COVID-19 many active patient partners noted opportunities for engagement were significantly limited.

In many cases provincial, regional, local organizations brought together pandemic planning tables, and formed guidance and recommendations in the absence of engaging people with lived experience.

OBJECTIVE: This discussion webinar is about advancing the conversation of patient engagement and partnership. How do we institutionalize this collaboration so it can withstand the turbulence of a crisis?

We will discuss what enablers and barriers exist as well as identify the practices, policies and resources that would support strengthening engagement efforts during this time.