Photos from the Health Council of Canada’s National Symposium on Patient Engagement

On October 25, 2011, the Health Council of Canada hosted an invitational symposium on patient engagement in Toronto, Ontario.

This event brought together patients, health care providers, health system planners, government representatives and researchers from across Canada to explore the challenges and opportunities in patient engagement and the benefits to be gained from involving patients in the design of the Canadian health care system.

Participants gained a better understanding of what is needed to shift system-level design of health care services from ‘provider-focused’ to ‘patient-centred’.

Here are some photos from the event: