Better Access, Better Mental Health Care for All

Patient, caregiver and community (PCC) engagement is a key ingredient in learning health systems to improve healthcare service delivery and ultimately health outcomes. “Positioning Patients to Partner," a recently published commentary led by Dr. Nakia Lee Foon, Health Equity Research Lead at Trillium Health Partners' Institute for Better Health, found that while many systems are working to include PCCs in helping to improve healthcare services, for the most part, involvement is limited, incomplete or missed altogether.

Two of the authors – Dr. Lee-Foon and Maureen Smith, patient partner – spoke about the commentary and why it's important to rethink how we approach PCC engagement in learning health systems.