Musings from a Patient Questionologist: How might you partner with patients to innovate and help drive surgical change?

uGREG MERRITT, PHD AND GP (GRATEFUL PATIENT) uFOUNDER/OWNER: PATIENT IS PARTNER, LLC & INFORMATIONAL INTERVIEWING, LLCuTWITTER: @PATIENTISPARDuLINKEDIN: J GREG MERRITT, PHDuEMAIL: GREG@PATIENTISPARTNER.COMuWEB: PATIENTISPARTNER.COM

Disclosures

u Founder/Owner-- Patient is Partner, LLCu PCORI funded project as a Patient Partner- Adaptable Study (aspirin

dosing) and BP Home (blood pressure) u My Loves…

A Patient Questionologist’s

Musings from a Patient Questionologist

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

Musings from a Patient Questionologist:

How might one live a gifted second life?

My Bride: How might we learn from her story?

AT LEAST….

Question

u What is Patient-Partnered Care? u How might it help to disrupt “industrialized

medicine” and deliver “careful and kind care” unconditionally in Surgery?

Join Here-https://patientrevolution.org/mission

Question

u What if MSQC was the world’s leader in engaging, inviting and partnering with patients and their families to solve the thorniest problems facing surgery/healthcare?

u Why not QUESTION STORM? Rather than Brainstorm?

See- https://rightquestion.org/what-is-the-qft/

Question

u Who has a mentor? Who's willing to describe them for us?

u WHAT IF?

Surgical Questions

u What if patients were given the option of what music were played in OR? What if it were in their EHR? How might evidence of type of music help to nudge patients to their “favorite artist” in a particular genre?

u What if patients post-op were given an option for shared or joint medical appointment with someone further along in the recovery process? How might this help to solve “loneliness epidemic?”

u My example of Co-Design/Co-Lead in Cardiac Rehab…

Question

u How do we start a movement?

u Who is the first Follower???BE BRAVE!

https://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/can-the-theatre-cap-challenge-solve-patient-safety

PLEASE JOIN THE MOVEMENT

Contact Info:

Greg@patientispartner.comTwitter: @patientispardWeb: Patientispartner.comLinkedIn: Greg Merritt, PhD