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Patient Partnering

Patient Partnering Framework

Use Health Quality Ontario’s Patient Partnering Framework to guide you in planning for, implementing and evaluating patient partnering activities.


Learn more about the Framework


THE STRATEGIC GOAL


A strong culture of patient, caregiver and public partnering
to support high quality health care


THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES


Partnership

Learning

Empowerment

Transparency

Responsiveness

Respect

ACROSS THESE DOMAINS


Personal care and health decisions

Program and service design

Policy, strategy and governance

ACROSS A SPECTRUM OF PARTNERING APPROACHES


Share

Consult

Deliberate

Collaborate

ENABLED BY:


A culture of continuous quality improvement

Access to easy-to-understand health information

Commitment to health equity and cultural competence

Rigorous research and evaluation


Patient partnering is an important part of a high-functioning, quality health system. Patient partnering means patients, their caregivers and families, and health care providers actively collaborating to improve Ontario’s health system.

Building on leading research and consultations with people from across the province, Health Quality Ontario has developed a new framework for patient partnering.

Use the framework to better understand the meaning and key principles for patient partnering, and the practices you can use to do it.

The framework also explains:

  • The different levels of care that partnering can take place at—at the direct care level, organizational level and provincial level
  • The types of partnering practices and models to use at each level
  • Key considerations before, during and after a patient partnering project or activity

Download the Patient Partnering Framework and for more information, contact engagement@hqontario.ca.


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