A new road map highlights how to overcome barriers to integrating person-centered care and evidence-based research at hospitals caring for vulnerable populations. Historically, person-centered care ...

Person-centered care refers to “providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.” ...

Systematic efforts and a clear structure are decisive factors in the transition to person-centred health care. A new study reflects what is now a decade of experience and research in the field.

Amanda receives funding from the Ontario Government as part of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) program. She is also affiliated with the Waterloo-Wellington Regional Cancer Program Patient and ...

Some social care staff struggle to deliver person-centred care. But a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation offers advice on how many of the perceived barriers can be overcome with the right ...

Health care quality measures traditionally take into account things that are easy to measure, such as adverse events, medication adherence, and trends in blood glucose levels. These measures are often ...

In the realm of physical, occupational and speech therapy, the concept of freedom takes center stage as therapists strive to empower individuals on their path to recovery. Mr. Eisenstadt desires to ...

On March 23, 2010, Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as "The Affordable Care Act," or ACA. In 2009, in anticipation of it, Katherine Power, then ...

In August, Mountain States Healthcare Alliance, a 13-hospital integrated healthcare delivery system based in Johnson City, Tenn., received the 2012 National Quality Healthcare Award from the National ...

On March 23, 2010, Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as "The Affordable Care Act," or ACA. In 2009, in anticipation of it, Katherine Power, then ...