Goal-oriented care: an understanding on how primary healthcare professionals operationalize goal-oriented care in three different settings (Ghent, Vermont, and Ottawa)

Goal-oriented patient care--an alternative health outcomes paradigm.

n engl j med 366;9 nejm.org march 1, 2012 777 major efforts have been launched to make care more patient-centered, defined as “respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.”1 Attention to patient-centered measures and outcomes will be particularly important as CMS moves increasingly to link healt...

Goal-oriented advocacy essential in healthcare reform.

W ith the heal thcare reform debate intensifying, public discourse on the issue has begun to focus more on the mechanics of various proposals and less on the broad goals and principles that inform different plans. But as Rev. Kevin D. O'Rourke, O P , JCD, reminded the audience at a March conference sponsored by the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, those goals and principles must remai...

James Mackenzie Lecture 2011: multimorbidity, goal-oriented care, and equity.

Goal conflict, goal facilitation, and health professionals' provision of physical activity advice in primary care: An exploratory prospective study

BACKGROUND The theory of planned behaviour has well-evidenced utility in predicting health professional behaviour, but focuses on a single behaviour isolated from the numerous potentially conflicting and facilitating goal-directed behaviours performed alongside. Goal conflict and goal facilitation may influence whether health professionals engage in guideline-recommended behaviours, and may sup...

EQUIP Healthcare: An overview of a multi-component intervention to enhance equity-oriented care in primary health care settings

BACKGROUND The primary health care (PHC) sector is increasingly relevant as a site for population health interventions, particularly in relation to marginalized groups, where the greatest gains in health status can be achieved. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of an innovative multi-component, organizational-level intervention designed to enhance the capacity of PHC clinics t...