Strategic design is becoming a key priority as healthcare providers realize compelling correlations between better design and increased patient satisfaction as well as other key metrics. No longer an ...

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 ...

Adult cardiovascular care centered on the patient can improve individuals' experiences and their medical outcomes, according to a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement published today in ...

Adult cardiovascular care centered on the patient can improve individuals' experiences and their medical outcomes, according to a new American Heart Association Scientific Statement published today in ...

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 ...

Patient-centered oncology care improved quality measures, especially in symptom assessment and care planning, but did not reduce hospitalizations or emergency department visits. Specialty visits ...

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is soft launching a digital approach to delivering the hospital directly to military and beneficiary patients, announced Naomi Escoffery, acting deputy to the deputy ...

Building a healthcare business from the ground up is a daunting endeavor. It’s a journey filled with various challenges both internally and externally. Those challenges include securing a large amount ...

Imagine, for example, an interactive, web-based tool that allows a patient to take a short, succinct survey of preferences about treatment decisions. It might reveal that this patient places the most ...

Editor's Note: In a recent Health Affairs essay titled “What ‘Patient-Centered’ Should Mean: Confessions Of An Extremist,” Don Berwick surveyed the debate in the health policy community over how the ...

During my 25-year career, I’ve been involved in most aspects of the health sciences, from medical devices and biopharmaceuticals to healthcare providers. From that experience, which has spanned ...