The authors suggest that assessment of patient-centered care may be improved by flagging probable discordance between a patient’s preferences and their treatment care plan. Patient-centered care, ...

Are there distinguishing characteristics between the terminology used in health care delivery and quality improvement of person-directed care, person-centered care, and/or patient-directed care? The ...

Models of medical care that are patient-centered have demonstrated capability to improve quality of care and reduce costs, while at the same time improve patient satisfaction, adherence, and clinical ...

MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. – For over 130 years, social workers have worked to enhance the lives of individuals and communities by breaking down barriers to ...

Patient-centered oncology care improved quality measures, especially in symptom assessment and care planning, but did not reduce hospitalizations or emergency department visits. Specialty visits ...

The Institute of Medicine’s 2001 Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century report defined patient-centered care as “providing care that is respectful of and responsive to ...

Long-term VBC success hinges on robust data integrity and seamless integration across clinical, claims, government and personal health data sources.

Dr. Prashila Dullabh is vice president and senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago, and Director of NORC’s Health Implementation Science Center. She serves as the Principal Investigator of ...

Oncology practices often serve as the “medical home” for patients but may not have systems to support all aspects of patient-centered care. We piloted a new set of oncology medical home standards that ...

Made possible through pilot funding and informed by user experience research, Mayo Clinic's Clinical Trials Beyond Walls initiative leverages telehealth, remote assessments and other hospital-at-home ...

Patients and caregivers play a central role in health care safety in the hospital, ambulatory care setting, and community. Despite this, interventions to promote patient engagement in safety are still ...