Medical Xpress April 14, 2022
There is growing evidence that involving patients and other health care stakeholders in all aspects of the clinical research process can make studies and the results they produce more relevant and useful to those who need the evidence to make important care decisions, articles in a new special supplemental issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM) suggest.
Papers in the supplement, which was a joint effort by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and the Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service (VA HSR&D), make several things clear about engagement in research. First, they indicate that this approach can help ensure that studies address questions important to patients and stakeholders.
But perhaps more importantly, they suggest engagement...
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