Patient Power and Empowerment: Mitigating Elements of Valuable Patient Participation in Healthcare Collaboratives
During the last decade, the public healthcare sector has had to deal with increased competition, a growing influence of patient associations, and a necessity to deliver health services more efficiently and effectively. Despite recognising the patient participant’s role as a critical stakeholder in v...
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| author | Anja Minheere Wim Lambrechts Jelle Mampaey Talia Stough Marjolein C. J. Caniëls Janjaap Semeijn |
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| description | During the last decade, the public healthcare sector has had to deal with increased competition, a growing influence of patient associations, and a necessity to deliver health services more efficiently and effectively. Despite recognising the patient participant’s role as a critical stakeholder in value creation, there is a limited body of research on the influence and power of patient participants. This article focuses on regional health improvement collaboratives that aim to develop coordinated, multi-stakeholder solutions to their healthcare cost and quality problems. They meet regularly and include health professionals, health insurance providers, and patient participants. In this article, we explore the relationships between these stakeholders and patient participants’ interpersonal dimensions regarding empowerment and valuable collaboration. Data were collected through stakeholder observations during meetings of three regional health improvement collaboratives, as well as through semi-structured interviews with the patient participants involved in these cases. Results show that patient participants can be empowered on a personal level. However, this does not imply that patient participants are empowered within the group dynamics. Interpersonal relationships constitute a crucial hidden aspect of building trust. More dialogue and inquiry are needed to examine how patient engagement is enacted and positioned within healthcare collaboratives. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-458d5e65033448448434a422f870b7db2023-11-17T18:21:28ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2023-04-0113434710.3390/bs13040347Patient Power and Empowerment: Mitigating Elements of Valuable Patient Participation in Healthcare CollaborativesAnja Minheere0Wim Lambrechts1Jelle Mampaey2Talia Stough3Marjolein C. J. Caniëls4Janjaap Semeijn5Faculty of Management, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, 6419 AT Heerlen, The NetherlandsFaculty of Management, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, 6419 AT Heerlen, The NetherlandsFaculty of Management, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, 6419 AT Heerlen, The NetherlandsFaculty of Management, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, 6419 AT Heerlen, The NetherlandsFaculty of Management, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, 6419 AT Heerlen, The NetherlandsFaculty of Management, Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, 6419 AT Heerlen, The NetherlandsDuring the last decade, the public healthcare sector has had to deal with increased competition, a growing influence of patient associations, and a necessity to deliver health services more efficiently and effectively. Despite recognising the patient participant’s role as a critical stakeholder in value creation, there is a limited body of research on the influence and power of patient participants. This article focuses on regional health improvement collaboratives that aim to develop coordinated, multi-stakeholder solutions to their healthcare cost and quality problems. They meet regularly and include health professionals, health insurance providers, and patient participants. In this article, we explore the relationships between these stakeholders and patient participants’ interpersonal dimensions regarding empowerment and valuable collaboration. Data were collected through stakeholder observations during meetings of three regional health improvement collaboratives, as well as through semi-structured interviews with the patient participants involved in these cases. Results show that patient participants can be empowered on a personal level. However, this does not imply that patient participants are empowered within the group dynamics. Interpersonal relationships constitute a crucial hidden aspect of building trust. More dialogue and inquiry are needed to examine how patient engagement is enacted and positioned within healthcare collaboratives.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/13/4/347power inequitiesempowermentinterrelation dynamicscollaborationmutual trustindividual competence |
| spellingShingle | Anja Minheere Wim Lambrechts Jelle Mampaey Talia Stough Marjolein C. J. Caniëls Janjaap Semeijn Patient Power and Empowerment: Mitigating Elements of Valuable Patient Participation in Healthcare Collaboratives Behavioral Sciences power inequities empowerment interrelation dynamics collaboration mutual trust individual competence |
| title | Patient Power and Empowerment: Mitigating Elements of Valuable Patient Participation in Healthcare Collaboratives |
| title_full | Patient Power and Empowerment: Mitigating Elements of Valuable Patient Participation in Healthcare Collaboratives |
| title_fullStr | Patient Power and Empowerment: Mitigating Elements of Valuable Patient Participation in Healthcare Collaboratives |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patient Power and Empowerment: Mitigating Elements of Valuable Patient Participation in Healthcare Collaboratives |
| title_short | Patient Power and Empowerment: Mitigating Elements of Valuable Patient Participation in Healthcare Collaboratives |
| title_sort | patient power and empowerment mitigating elements of valuable patient participation in healthcare collaboratives |
| topic | power inequities empowerment interrelation dynamics collaboration mutual trust individual competence |
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