Patient-centered care replaces our current physician centered system with one that revolves around the patient. Effective care is generally defined by or in consultation with patients rather ...

Origins Of The Patient-Centered Care Movement. The term patient-centered medicine was introduced by Enid Balint in the late 1960s to contrast with “illness-oriented medicine.” 5 As with the ...

Another description of patient-centred care is a more esoteric one: "Giving a patient a better day." When all is said and done, that's what health care is all about: making patients feel a bit better.

Patient- and family-centered care is an innovative approach to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health care that is grounded in mutually beneficial partnerships among health care ...

Growing interest in patient-centered care coincides with growing attention to quality improvement and cost containment in the U.S. health care system. [2,4–6] ...

More information: Tetine Sentell et al. Organizational Health Literacy: Opportunities for Patient-Centered Care in the Wake of COVID-19, Quality Management in Health Care (2020). DOI: 10.1097/QMH ...

Patient-centered care (as it is described by doctors) or person-centered care (the phrase-more frequently used in non-medical settings) is one of those concepts everyone supports--except when it ...

As the panelists discuss their expectations regarding patient-centered care’s future role in oncology, Ted Okon, MBA, explains that it will be important to focus not only on the physician but on ...

Approach patient-centered care goals with as much intent and structure as other core measures. Core quality measures have reinforced hospitals’ need for care processes that promote timeliness ...

Patient-centered care has been getting a lot of attention as the healthcare industry focuses on the Triple Aim of delivering better health outcomes, improving patient experience, and reducing the ...

Patient-centered care can improve outcomes by enhancing patient compliance, increasing trust between patients and their healthcare providers, ensuring continuity of treatment, and easing the ...

Practicing patient-centered care. Article by Karen B. Roberts Video by Ally Quinn and Sam Kmiec | Photos courtesy of the Barmaki lab March 13, 2025. Computer science students design interactive ...