"Patient-centric care" is prolific term in healthcare, but what does it really mean?
Many of them seek to establish new ways of thinking about patient-centric care, exploring the opportunities technology offers to empower patients in their own healthcare.
Nephosity is a Rock Health company trying to fix this broken vertical and, in doing so, move closer towards a future of connected, collaborative, patient-centric care.
I conducted a survey recently with healthcare groups in LinkedIn asking, "How do you define patient-centric care?" My question resulted in nearly 250 responses and I believe the sheer volume reflects the ambiguity of the term ("patient-centric care" has been so over-used it no longer has singular meaning).
Meanwhile, the 119,000-member American College Of Physicians is promoting "patient-centric care," which it made the focus of a policy paper this year, calling for more consumer-friendly scheduling, electronic medical records and electronic prescriptions, among other measures.
"When Health's at Stake, Waiting Is the Hardest Part" (July 24) brings attention to a critical issue in patient-centric care: the importance of communicating test results in a timely manner.
The patient and PCP manage the case, allowing access to any member of the care team or a caretaker, allowing the entire patient-centric care team access to the entire case record.
Ultimately, Stanford Radiology plans to play a very important role in the development of personalized medicine by moving advances from the laboratories to the clinic for improved patient-centric care.
According to a recent study by the South East Health Technologies Alliance (Sehta), one of the UK's largest healthcare networking organisations, technology has the potential to free up staff time to provide more human-centric care and improve resident wellbeing.
