Adult cardiovascular care centered on the patient can improve individuals' experiences and their medical outcomes, according to a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement published today in ...

Improving communication between patients and their providers is crucial to reforming the health care system to better meet patients’ needs and improve patient outcomes. Strategies such as shared ...

The blueprint emphasizes embedding patient perspectives in research to foster equitable, transparent, and responsive health care systems. It outlines 6 stages for integrating patient input, ensuring ...

When crafting treatment plans, the perspective of the patient must be considered, so-called patient-centered care. Patient-centered care can improve outcomes by enhancing patient compliance, ...

Michael K. Gusmano ([email protected]) is an associate professor of health policy at Rutgers University, in Piscataway Township, New Jersey, and a research scholar at the Hastings Center, a nonprofit ...

In August, Mountain States Healthcare Alliance, a 13-hospital integrated healthcare delivery system based in Johnson City, Tenn., received the 2012 National Quality Healthcare Award from the National ...

Care, comfort, compassion, and consolation are as important as finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease (PD). For some healthcare professionals, the source of such values is patient-centered care 1 ...

What is Patient- and Family-Centered Care? Patient- and family-centered care is an innovative approach to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health care that is grounded in mutually beneficial ...