The Impact of Patient Engagement on Healthcare: A Systematic Review of Unveiling the Benefits of Patient Engagement in Healthcare

Abstract

Background: Recently, a body of evidence has emerged that patients who participate in the healthcare process have better health outcomes and lower treatment costs. Therefore, healthcare institutions have tended to use strategies for better patient engagement in the healthcare process, by educating them about their health conditions and fully involving the patient in making decisions about their healthcare. Objectives: This paper presents a systematic study of the recent literature on determining the outcomes and benefits of patient engagement in the healthcare process, through which we provide a comprehensive review, analysis, and synthesis of research published in the past five years. Methodology: We collected relevant literature published between 2018 and 2023 and reviewed the approved issues, research problems, manuscript scopes, research methodologies, and main findings. 28 studies yielded our final extracted cohort. Conclusions: Using the objective analysis of the extracted studies, we present a research typology that summarizes the major outcomes and the benefits of patient engagement in the healthcare process of relevant recent research in this field.