The Heartbeat of the PATIENTS Program: The Ten-Step Framework

How do we engage patients, community partners, clinicians, policy makers, researchers, and government agencies?\In this episode of The Bridge, we dive into the PATIENTS Program’s 10-Step Framework for Continuous Engagement — a model designed to ensure patients, caregivers, and community members have a meaningful voice in health care research. PATIENTS Programs Executive Director Daniel Mullins and Director of Methodological Research and Evaluation Hillary Edwards discuss how the framework guides projects from planning and trust-building to data collection,interpretation, dissemination, and reflection, all while centering lived experience at every stage. The conversation explores why community-engaged research creates stronger, more impactful outcomes and how the framework has evolved into a flexible, continuous cycle of partnership and collaboration. Tune in to hear how meaningful engagement is reshaping the future of research and strengthening the connection between communities and health care innovation. Spotify currently does not support transcript uploads for this podcast; to view an ADA‑compliant version of this episode and access the full transcript, please visit our YouTube channel viathe link in the description. https://youtu.be/xwXSkireQZ4Visithttps://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-patients-program to stay updated onboth past and upcoming episodes.To watch this episode and more, visit ourYouTube channel ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf5TFMW2PWhKdIEaP2F9xN213vrkTrv9_⁠Subscribe to ourYouTube Channel https://bit.ly/SubscribetoourYouTubeChannelhttps://linktr.ee/thepatientsprogram