The surge in healthcare consumerism is empowering patients with more autonomy and choices than ever when it comes to “shopping around for care.” In fact, industry research shows approximately 30% of ...

Dr. Ahmed has embraced social media as a way to begin building relationships with patients before they even enter his clinic. While social media has become an integral element of nearly every industry ...

Pediatric primary care providers need more training and support in respectfully addressing weight issues with families while avoiding inadvertently stigmatizing terms, suggest findings from a ...

Earlier this summer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) received an important signal from the health policy community: Just as patient-centricity has become an expectation for ...

Elizabeth Grush, MBA, speaks to the support, benefits, and holistic considerations that patient-centered care can provide for the betterment of patient experiences and outcomes. Successful ...

For decades, we have discussed the importance of patient-centered care. Value-based care (VBC) models often incorporate this concept, but achieving it remains a challenge. In recent years, we have ...

When crafting treatment plans, the perspective of the patient must be considered, so-called patient-centered care. Patient-centered care can improve outcomes by enhancing patient compliance, ...

Eve Rittenberg is a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Fish Center for Women’s Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal.

Practices undertake many care delivery changes and quality improvement practices to become patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs), and these differ by years of PCMH recognition. Objectives: Knowing ...