Edited by
Sarah Garidi, University of Lorraine, France.
Jihane Sebai, LAREQUOI laboratory (UVSQ – Paris-Saclay University, France.
ISBN : 9781836691020
Publication Date : September 2026
Hardcover 256 pp
170 USD
Co-publisher
In response to profound transformations in healthcare systems, The Patient Pathway examines the role of partnership at the core of organizational, managerial and ethical changes in care delivery. The concept of the patient pathway is used to explore the “making of partnerships” in healthcare, understood as a collaborative process that brings together patients, professionals, institutions and researchers.
Through multidisciplinary contributions from France, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg and Switzerland, this book highlights concrete experiences in breaking down silos, improving coordination and fostering organizational innovation. Drawing on a systemic, practice-based approach, it sheds light on issues of stakeholder responsibility and collaborative leadership, while offering a comprehensive overview of the key managerial challenges associated with partnership in healthcare.
1. Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Health Pathways Through Population Responsibility, Valérie Guichard and Antoine Malone.
2. Organizational Challenges of Adopting a Recovery-Oriented Philosophy in Mental Healthcare, Francesca Bosisio, Eliane Bovitutti, Cécile Frank Prad and Carla Guglielmetti.
3. The Luxembourg Red Cross Works Towards a Partnership in Health, Joachim Renouprez, Julien Maccioni and Cécile Rumeau.
4. Collaboration in the Care Pathway: Building Mutual Trust Between Patients and Professionals, Sandrine Virgili and Frédéric Bornarel.
5. Feedback: From Partnership to the Art of Patient Partner Care, Luigi Flora.
6. Transforming Lived Experience into Legitimate Expertise: The Patients’ University and the Institutionalization of the Health Partnership, Lennize Pereira Paulo and Catherine Tourette-Turgis.
7. From Systems Theory to Change Management in Healthcare, Marc Berna and Michelle Thill.
8. The Benefits of a Partnership Approach to Improving Healthcare Quality, Laure Istas and Mathieu Louiset.
9. The Challenge of Interprofessional Partnerships in Pediatric Emergency Care, Nadine Kulinna, Fränk Nelissen and Jean-Marc Cloos.
10. The Challenge of Multiple Partnerships: The Case of a Research Project to Optimize Care Pathways, Jean-Baptiste Gartner, Marie-Pierre Gagnon and André Côté.
11. Testimonial: The Patient Experience, Without Hesitation, So Yung Straga.
12. Testimonial: Different Views on the Integration of Accompanying Patients in Oncology, Marie Maron and Marie-Pascale Pomey.
Sarah Garidi is an engineer, manager and associate professor at the University of Lorraine, France. She also serves as Director of the Robert Schuman and Belle-Isle Hospitals in eastern France. Her research focuses on hospital information systems, patient care pathways and emerging organizational models in healthcare.
Jihane Sebai is an associate professor in management sciences at the LAREQUOI laboratory (UVSQ – Paris-Saclay University, France), where she supervises doctoral research (HDR). Her research focuses on public and healthcare management, organizational transformation, care coordination, and managerial innovation.
