The Fourth Dimension met Dr. Stefan Larsson during the 2nd Meeting of the Minds on Quality of Care that took place in Athens Greece in December 2024. We discussed how measuring outcomes that matter is necessary for the transformation of health systems including improving the person-centeredness dimension of quality of care.

Dr Larsson is the main author of the book The Patient Priority: Solve Health Care's Value Crisis by Measuring and Delivering Outcomes That Matter to Patients (2022).

One of the most important dimensions of Quality of Care is person-centredness. A word that is broadly used but not thoroughly discussed as to what it should look like. On this episode we discuss with two young members of the WHO pan-European Mental Health Coalition, Inês Mália Sarmento and Dion Ras, and with Dr Jen Hall, WHO technical officer for mental health, what active participation looks like and how health policies can be improved through co-creation. #PersonCentredCare #MentalHealthCoCreation Find out more: https://www.who.int/europe/health-topics/quality-of-care

Quality of care and public health are interlinked in many ways, most importantly in terms of how efficiency, effectiveness, efficacy, equity and person centredness have a central role in both. Health care is a significant aspect of public health and improving the quality of care has a profound impact on population health. Policy makers can adopt quality improvement methods for public health, whereas quality of care can expand outside the facility walls. On the fourth episode of The Fourth Dimension, we discuss with Dr Válter Fonseca, on how quality of care and public health are complementary with many common characteristics.

Find out more:

https://www.who.int/europe/activities/improving-quality-of-primary-health-care-for-children-and-adolescents

https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/03-01-2024-enhancing-health-systems-capacities-in-the-who-european-region

https://www.who.int/europe/news-room/events/item/2023/10/23/default-calendar/first-who-autumn-school-on-quality-of-care-and-patient-safety