This is my first paper as a physician and researcher that I co-authored with a patient scholar, @ePatientDave.
The paper reports that patient design, instead of patient centricity, should lead healthcare leaders in designing products, facilities or technologies for patients.
Patient design means we involve patients on the highest level of decision-making.
While patient centricity is a passive process for patients as whether their opinions would be used in the final design of a product is the decision of those finishing the product.
In contrast, patient design is a proactive process for patients as they can directly influence the C-level of a company or organization.