Patients’ Views About Patient Engagement and Representation in Healthcare Governance

Nurse Engagement in Shared Governance and Patient and Nurse Outcomes.

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to examine differences in nurse engagement in shared governance across hospitals and to determine the relationship between nurse engagement and patient and nurse outcomes. BACKGROUND There is little empirical evidence examining the relationship between shared governance and patient outcomes. METHODS A secondary analysis of linked cross-sectional d...

Rethinking clinical governance: healthcare professionals’ views: a Delphi study

OBJECTIVE Although the guiding principle of clinical governance states that healthcare professionals are the leading contributors to quality and safety in healthcare, little is known about what healthcare professionals perceive as important for clinical governance. The aim of this study is to clarify this by exploring healthcare professionals' views on clinical governance. DESIGN Based on a l...

Metrics and Evaluation Tools for Patient Engagement in Healthcare Organization- and System-Level Decision-Making: A Systematic Review

Background Patient, public, consumer, and community (P2C2) engagement in organization-, community-, and systemlevel healthcare decision-making is increasing globally, but its formal evaluation remains challenging. To define a taxonomy of possible P2C2 engagement metrics and compare existing evaluation tools against this taxonomy, we conducted a systematic review.   Methods A broad search strate...

Views of healthcare staff and mothers about postnatal depression screening.

BACKGROUND More research is needed on views of using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale to screen recent mothers for this condition. AIM To examine healthcare professionals' and mothers' views of using this tool. METHOD Findings of two qualitative studies on screening for postnatal depression were compared to provide an overview. RESULTS There were differences in views within and be...

The Why, Who, What, How, and When of Patient Engagement in Healthcare Organizations: A Response to Recent Commentaries