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The Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA), is a model of engagement and clinical assessment, principally used in child and adolescent psychiatric services. It aims to use collaborative ways of working with service users to enhance the effectiveness of services and user satisfaction with services. [clarification needed]
A clinical pathway is a multidisciplinary management tool based on evidence-based practice for a specific group of patients with a predictable clinical course, in which the different tasks (interventions) by the professionals involved in the patient care are defined, optimized and sequenced either by hour (ED), day (acute care) or visit (homecare).
There is a difference between the word “patient” and “person”, still there is a widespread use of the concept of patient-centered care and person-centered care as equals. The word “patient” can be defined as a person who receives treatment for a disorder or illness. Characteristic of a patient is vulnerability and dependence. [19]
The medical home, [1] also known as the patient-centered medical home or primary care 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.
In the patient care-centered model, given that the patient participates in developing, planning, and overseeing their care, the healthcare provider views them as team members. [49] It also shows how the healthcare team views the patient as a fellow member who can be helped to achieve a specific objective with a clear vision by exchanging ...
The Primary Care Collaborative was established in late 2006 as the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative when several large national employers came together with the four major U.S. primary care physician associations in hopes of: Advancing an effective and efficient health system built on the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model.
A clinical decision support system (CDSS) is a health information technology that provides clinicians, staff, patients, and other individuals with knowledge and person-specific information to help health and health care. CDSS encompasses a variety of tools to enhance decision-making in the clinical workflow.
The patient-reported perspective can be an important asset in gaining treatment or drug approval. [1] [2] There is no incentive for patients to report their outcome data other than to "pay it forward" to the community and help the health industry prevent unnecessary suffering in other patients. [citation needed]