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Patient-centered outcomes are results of health care that can be obtained from a healthcare professional's ability to care for their patients and their patient's families in ways that are meaningful, valuable and helpful to the patient. Patient-centered outcomes focus attention on a patient's beliefs, opinions, and needs in conjunction with a ...
Patient-centered care is a concept that also emphasises the involvement of the patient and their families in the decision making of medical treatments. A main difference is that person-centered care describes the whole person in a wider context rather than the patient-centered approach which is based on the person's role as a patient.
It is a form of Patient Centered Care/Person-Centered Care as the goals are unique to the individual patient and direct the plan of care. This is in contrast to problem-oriented or disease-driven care where the focus is on correcting biological abnormalities (i.e. for a patient with diabetes focusing on control of the hemoglobin A1c). [2]
Whole-person specialty care, a model where a comprehensive care team works together to coordinate personalized and individualized treatment, is offering renewed hope for patients.
The medical home, [1] also known as the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), is a team-based health care delivery model led by a health care provider [2] to provide comprehensive and continuous medical care to patients with a goal to obtain maximal health outcomes.
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5 Trends Transforming Nurses' Roles in Health Care. As patient care becomes more complex, medical advances and technological innovations evolve to keep pace. Nurses must be ready to shift in their ...
Patient experience describes the range of interactions that patients have with the healthcare system, including care from health plans, doctors, nurses, and staff in hospitals, physician practices, and other healthcare facilities. [1] [2] Understanding patient experience is a key step in moving toward patient-centered care.