<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">HI, I found this article within a presentation by a CHEO leader in patient engagement and organizational change was presenting to the LHIN. Bill Dare<br><br><u></u>


        
        
        
        


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                                Bill Dare posted: "Glen  and team in an article from the British Medical Journal  "argues" ...
...patients can and should take a more direct and ongoing role in identifying, implementing, and evaluating improvements to healthcare services. We discuss examples of projects i"                        </span>
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                                                                                                                                                                <h2 style="margin:.4em 0 .3em;font-size:1.8em;font-size:1.6em;color:#555;margin:0;font-size:20px"><a href="https://socialhealthpracticeottawa.wordpress.com/2015/12/05/workers-and-leaders-can-often-best-find-the-gaps-that-matter-by-listening-very-carefully-to-the-people-they-serve-patients-and-families/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2;text-decoration:none!important" target="_blank">“….workers and leaders can often best find the gaps that matter by listening very carefully to the people they serve: patients and families.”</a></h2>
                                                                                                                                                                <span style="color:#888">by <a href="https://socialhealthpracticeottawa.wordpress.com/author/socialhealthpracticeottawa/" style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2;color:#888!important" target="_blank">Bill Dare</a> </span>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        <p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">Glen Robert and team members in an article from the British Medical Journal  "argues" ...</p>
<blockquote style="font-family:Times,serif;font-size:1.1em;font-style:italic;color:#878787;border-left:3px solid #ccc;padding-left:1em;margin:1em 1em 1em 2em"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">...patients can and should take a more direct and ongoing role in identifying, implementing, and evaluating improvements to healthcare services. We discuss examples of projects in which patients and staff have worked together and suggest that codesign methods have the potential to make patient centred services a reality.<a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" title="" href="http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7714.full.pdf+html#ref-5" rel="#ref-5~.ref-cit" target="_blank">5</a> <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" title="" href="http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7714.full.pdf+html#ref-6" rel="#ref-6~.ref-cit" target="_blank">6</a>  <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7714.full.pdf+html" target="_blank">http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.g7714.full.pdf+html</a></p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">I find the researchers focus on both separation and then bringing together both patients and front line workers that go into working groups an inspired approach to be able to cooperate with organizational leadership.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">Got to say the graphic is <strong><span style="color:#00ffff">rather fun too!</span></strong></p>
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