Health Quality 5.0: What Does Co-Creation Have to Do With It?

In this latest article in Leslee Thompson's Health Quality 5.0 series, she discusses the slow progress of patient engagement in healthcare over the past two decades, emphasizing the need for co-creation where patients and providers collaborate equally. It explores the challenges of overcoming traditional power dynamics and integrating patient knowledge into healthcare systems. Highlighting examples from around the world, the article identifies five success factors for global impact and stresses the importance of a holistic, inclusive approach to healthcare transformation. Co-creation is presented as essential for building resilient, high-performing health systems centred on patients' needs and experiences.