Patient involvement in health care will improve quality

patient involvement in health care decision making: a review

background: patient participation means involvement of the patient in decision making or expressing opinions about different treatment methods, which includes sharing information, feelings and signs and accepting health team instructions. objectives: given the importance of patient participation in healthcare decision making which empowers patients and improves services and health outcomes, thi...

New 'passport' will improve mental health care journey.

A PASSPORT-STYLE brief of key facts that children and young people using mental health services can use to help them avoid repeating their history and preferences has been launched by NHS England.

Will consumer-directed health care improve system performance?

Consumer-directed health care plans have attracted attention as a method for managing rising health care spending by giving consumers greater financial control over their health care. However, increased cost-sharing--the principal tool used by these plans to achieve lower spending--may also cause patients to consume less care, even when that care is essential. Research studies have found that l...

Reconceiving Health Care To Improve Quality

Quality of mental health care indicators to improve care.

The relevance of measuring quality of mental health care is widely recognized and a number of authors have defined quality of health care by describing this concept according to a set of dimensions and using different indicators. Despite the growing interest around these issues, in mental health care there is still a lack of agreement on the dimensions and measures which should be used as indic...