Although 'patient-centred'consulting skills are increasingly seen as crucial for the delivery of
effective primary care, there is significant lack of clarity over the precise definition of the term …

Throughout the year, we have been discussing the value of patient‐centered care. The
columns have focused on important aspects of this topic, such as the evolution of patient …

BACKGROUND: Measuring and reporting patients' experiences with health plans has been
routine for several years. There is now substantial interest in measuring patients' …

BACKGROUND Touted by some as reflecting a better medical model and cited by the
influential IOM report in 2000 as one of the six domains of quality care, patient-centered …

Directly involving patients and families in care improvement increasingly is viewed as an
important component of patient-centered care. To assess the extent to which practices …

Background A common approach to enhance patient-centered care is training care
professionals. Additional training of patients has been shown to significantly improve patient …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate patient preferences for a patient-centered or a biomedical
communication style. DESIGN: Randomized study. SETTING: Urgent care and ambulatory …

Patient-centeredness—the idea that care should be designed around patients' needs,
preferences, circumstances, and well-being—is a central tenet of health care delivery. For …

Patient-centered care (PCC) has been studied for several decades. Yet a clear definition of
PCC is lacking, as is an understanding of how specific PCC processes relate to patient …