What is BS EN 17398 about?
BS EN 17398 addresses patient involvement in health care. BS EN 17398 discusses minimum requirements for patient involvement in health care services. BS EN 17398 aims to create favourable structural conditions for person-centred care.
BS EN 17398 is applicable for use before, during, and after the actual care that is provided by the care personnel.
Who is BS EN 17398 for?
BS EN 17398 on patient involvement in health care is useful for:
- Healthcare institutions and organizations
- Hospitals
- Hospices
- Clinics
- Patients
- Healthcare regulatory authorities
Why should you use BS EN 17398?
Patient involvement and partnership are based on the patient’s resources and capacities. Patient involvement depends on the patient’s wishes and needs. Patient involvement focuses on the patient ́s narrative, shared decision-making, information sharing as well as documentation on the individual, operational and strategic level.
BS EN 17398 helps in creating favourable structural conditions for person-centred care. BS EN 17398 guidelines will help you at a strategic level for quality assurance and quality improvement, for procurement, educational and supervisory purposes. BS EN 17398 acts as a guiding document for research and development projects in the field of intervention and implementation of person-centred care.
BS EN 17398 can be also beneficial for education, training, and continuous development of structural conditions for person-centred care. BS EN 17398 supports you to provide high quality services related to patient involvement
