Background: Patient-centered care that encompasses informed decision making can improve treatment choice, quality of care and outcomes. Patient-centered care recognizes the need for major changes in the process of care that arranges health care system around the patient. Objective: Study objective was to evaluate and discuss the interplay of components of patientcentered care by developing a co...

Background and Objectives: Person-centered care is a philosophy of care built around the needs of the individual and contingent upon knowing the unique individual through an interpersonal relationship. This review article outlines the history, components, and impact of person-centered care practices. Research Design and Methods: Through literature review, published articles on person-centered m...

Dear Dr. Jeff: Our mission statement asserts a commitment to “person-centered care,” as have those of every long-term care facility and chain for which I worked. never really understood what this means, particularly in an era computerized health records with automatic default orders, mandatory check boxes on templated practitioner notes, admission periodic assessments all tailored the Minimum D...

INTRODUCTION There is a growing international focus on patient- centered care. A model designed to facilitate this type of care in the primary care setting is the patient-centered medical home. This model of care strives to be patient-focused, comprehensive, team-based, coordinated, accessible, and focused on quality and safety of care. OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to identify the...

OBJECTIVE Family-centered care has become integral to the provision of quality neonatal intensive care. However, practices that reflect the core principles of family-centered care have not been described fully in the literature or implemented and evaluated consistently within newborn intensive care. The objective of this study was to create a family-centered care map that enhances the ability o...