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Patient participation can include a broad spectrum of activities for human subjects during clinical trials and has become associated with several other terms such as patient involvement, patient engagement or decision-making. [citation needed] This includes agenda-setting, clinical guideline development, and clinical trial design. [76]
Patient engagement in Canada has been an active part of the Canadian health care system since the new millennium. [1]In the context of patient-oriented research, patient engagement in Canada is defined as patients being "actively engaged in governance, priority setting, developing the research questions, and even performing certain parts of the research itself".
Health information exchange (HIE) – Health Information Exchange allows health care professionals and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient's vital medical information electronically. [45] Medical practice management software (MPM) – is designed to streamline the day-to-day tasks of operating a medical facility. Also ...
The goal of outcomes research, is to measure tangible events experienced by the patient such as mortality and morbidity. [2] Patient engagement in research presents opportunities to increase outcomes of both the studies themselves as well as the patients and their medical conditions. [10]
Patient recruitment in the US includes a variety of services—typically performed by a Patient Recruitment Service Provider—to increase enrollment into clinical trials. Presently, the patient recruitment industry is claimed to total $19 billion [1] per year. [2] Patient enrollment is the most time-consuming aspect of the clinical trial process.
A study of 2,600 patients at two hospitals determined that between 26% and 60% of patients could not understand medication directions, a standard informed consent, or basic health care materials. [133] This mismatch between a clinician's level of communication and a patient's ability to understand can lead to medication errors and adverse outcomes.
Point of care (POC) documentation is the ability for clinicians to document clinical information while interacting with and delivering care to patients. [10] The increased adoption of electronic health records (EHR) in healthcare institutions and practices creates the need for electronic POC documentation through the use of various medical devices. [11]
Providing patients with information is central to patient-centered health care and this has been shown to have some positive effects on health outcomes. [22] Providing patients with access to their health records including medical histories and test results via an electronic health record is a legal right in some parts of the world. [22]