Public and patient engagement is an important responsibility of a developing and responsive health care system.
Engagement with patients and members of the public ensures:
- the health care needs of Islanders are communicated and met;
- Islanders are educated on matters related to the health system; and
- Islanders are supported to play a role in managing their own health.
Engagement, whether as a patient/family partner on a committee or a member of the public participating in a focus group, is completely voluntary. Islanders with direct experiences as a patient or family member/caregiver can be patient/family volunteers who play a unique role in helping to improve the quality and safety of health services for all Islanders.
Islanders can also participate as members of the general public to help Health PEI leaders, staff and physicians understand Islanders’ needs, priorities and values about health and their health care priorities. Direct experience with the health care system (as a patient or family member/caregiver) is not always required.
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