The ever increasing pressures to ensure the most efficient and effective use of limited health
service resources will, over time, encourage policy makers to turn to system modelling …

Although the value of patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) activities in
the development of new interventions and tools is well known, little guidance exists on how …

Abstract Background In 2008, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) began
funding a major 5-year pilot research programme of translational research in England …

Objective To count and describe the elements that overlap (ie, present in two or more) and
diverge between models and frameworks of patient engagement in health services …

Introduction Engaging patients and family members as partners in research increases the
relevance of study results and enhances patient-centered care; how to best engage patients …

Much has been written about the impact of involvement on research and the people
involved, but much less is known about the impact on researchers. Based on previous …

Many academic and practice articles have been published in healthcare operations
management literature documenting the experience of implementing lean thinking (LT) in …

Plain English summary It is important for health care workers to know the needs and
expectations of their patients. Therefore, service users have to be involved in research. To …

Objective To inform the design of a randomised controlled trial (called EcLiPSE) to improve
the treatment of children with convulsive status epilepticus (CSE). EcLiPSE requires the use …

Background Operational research (OR) is the discipline of using models, either quantitative
or qualitative, to aid decision-making in complex implementation problems. The methods of …