King’s Unveils Digital Tool for Enhanced Healthcare Collaboration
An innovative digital resource is being developed to help the public, patients, carers, healthcare professionals, and researchers work better together to improve services – thanks to new funding secured by a King’s College London research team.
The resource is based on the eight principles for successful group working identified by Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom. The team has translated and organised the theory behind these principles into practical group activities that support more effective, fair, and sustainable ways of working together, while considering the complexity of the world around them.
As Professor Glenn Robert, principal investigator for the project, notes: “There is a real need to advance the theories and methods underpinning the co-production of health and care through citizen engagement and community empowerment. We need to develop and test innovative methods that turn person- and community-centred theory into truly inclusive and effective practice.”
With new funding from the King’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Account, the project is now entering a key phase: creating an interactive digital platform to make the resources accessible to everyone.
A flexible tool for group working
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