Collaborating with stakeholders
Patients’ organisations share the aim of improving health and quality of life for patients with many other stakeholders. Building relationships with these other stakeholders can be valuable and mutually beneficial.
While there are several benefits of collaborating with other healthcare stakeholders, like all relationships, there are also challenges. One way to support the development of effective partnerships and overcome these challenges is to have a framework for interaction.
This section focuses on building relationships with four key stakeholders:
While this section considers collaborations with individual stakeholders, it is important to be aware that some patient-support initiatives will involve multi-stakeholder collaborations.