As Amy Price notes, "It is my impression from working with patients that their insights will be impressive and they will add dimensions and practicalities that may be missed by other reviewers. We will learn from each other".
In 2010 the Journal of Participatory Medicine published a few items that support widening the pool of potential reviewers to include patients and other users of health care information.
Rapid Response:
Re: The BMJ’s own patient journey
As Amy Price notes, "It is my impression from working with patients that their insights will be impressive and they will add dimensions and practicalities that may be missed by other reviewers. We will learn from each other".
In 2010 the Journal of Participatory Medicine published a few items that support widening the pool of potential reviewers to include patients and other users of health care information.
Participatory Evidence: Opportunities and Threats
http://www.jopm.org/multimedia/podcasts/2010/08/09/participatory-evidenc...
Who’s a Peer? Improving Peer Review by Including Additional Sources of Expertise
http://www.jopm.org/opinion/commentary/2010/12/08/1278/
Competing interests: I am the author of the second article mentioned here.