Patients are often described as being at the centre of Value-Based Health Care — but what does it mean to involve them as true partners in improving care?

Speaker: Mirjam Garvelink and Jet Westerink, researchers on Shared Decision Making/ Patient Participation affiliated with the St. Antonius Hospital, Santeon, The Netherlands

On 1 April 2026, VBHC Suisse had a free 45-minute Lunch & Learn on how patients can actively contribute to VBHC — both in the consultation room and in improvement teams.

Mirjam Garvelink and Jet Westerink, researchers on shared decision making and patient participation at St. Antonius Ziekenhuis (Santeon, The Netherlands), shared insights from their work on embedding patient participation in VBHC initiatives.

The session highlighted practical examples of shared decision making, collective patient involvement, and the organizational conditions needed to translate patient engagement from principle into everyday practice.