BACKGROUND Despite evidence of benefits, integration of patient-centered communication in clinical practice is challenging. Interactive tailored patient assessment (ITPA) tools can contribute to a more patient-centered care approach. However, little research has examined the impact of such tools on nursing care once they have been implemented. OBJECTIVE To explore nurses' experiences of the b...

PURPOSE Patient ratings of physician's patient-centered communication are used by various specialty credentialing organizations and managed care organizations as a measure of physician communication skills. We wanted to compare ratings by real patients with ratings by standardized patients of physician communication. METHODS We assessed physician communication using a modified version of the ...

introduction: personal health record is an individual–oriented system that is planned for people to access their health information that using other means of support such as knowledge databases to help people to have more active role in their health considering that physicians and nurses have a basic role in its completing, educating and using of this tools, this study was conducted to evaluate...

Moving towards future patient-centered healthcare requires increasing health literacy [1] and encouraging patients to take a more active role in their own care. Physician-patient communication is a key factor influencing health literacy for patients. Poor health literacy can lead to poorer medical outcomes for patients [2-4]. Thus, an important design goal of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) an...

As the paradigm in healthcare nowadays is the evidence-based, patient-centered decision making, the issue of shared decision making (SDM) is highlighted. The aims of this manuscript were to look at the relevant concepts and suggest the facilitating strategies for overcoming barriers of conducting SDM. While the definitions of SDM were discordant, several concepts such as good communication, ind...

The Patient-centered Medical Home (PCMH) relies on comprehensive, consistent, and accessible communication for the patient with all members of their health care team. "E-medicine" and health information technology (HIT) create many new possibilities in addition to standard face-to-face encounters. There is interest by both physicians and patients for enhanced access through electronic communica...