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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Patient interactions are an important element of obesity case management, and proactive strategies and communication can enhance patients' health routines. These strategies can include patient-centric ...
In short, health professionals on both sides of the debate should strive to improve access to compassionate, evidence-based and patient-centered care in order to fight weight stigma and end diet ...
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 ...
Models of medical care that are patient-centered have demonstrated capability to improve quality of care and reduce costs, while at the same time improve patient satisfaction, adherence, and clinical ...
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 ...
Dr. Michael Barry is president of the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making and medical director of the John D. Stoeckle Center for Primary Care Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital, ...
In my previous posts on medicine’s loss of mind, Descartes, and modern science, I described the medical profession’s profound dereliction of duty for its most common patient population. Medicine ...