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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The blueprint emphasizes embedding patient perspectives in research to foster equitable, transparent, and responsive health care systems. It outlines 6 stages for integrating patient input, ensuring ...

Ask anybody who’s interacted with the U.S. healthcare system about their relationship with healthcare, and they’ll probably describe themself as a recipient of care. Why is it that patients don’t feel ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

This study will identify issues critical to building data capacity for patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) and generating new evidence to inform health care decisions. PCOR provides decision ...