The movement to transform the country’s health care delivery system has been underway for several years now, and some moments of truth are approaching. The ultimate success of this monumental effort ...

Person-centered care offers a unique and compelling opportunity for dentistry and its practitioners to improve the quality of care and overall health outcomes. For decades, the dominant treatment ...

'Person-centered care' means that people's values and preferences are obtained and, once expressed, guide all aspects of health care and support realistic health and life goals, according to an ...

(Across caregiving and community, business and intergenerational attitudes, the pandemic and how we respond to it could change us forever. Next Avenue turned to some of our Influencers in Aging, a ...

Person-centered is the “new” terminology for care in skilled nursing facilities. That seems almost like an oxymoron. Wouldn’t the care for people always have been person-centered? The truthful answer ...

As health delivery moves away from disease-based models to person centered delivery, a new study addresses the development of a new practical tool to support organizations and practitioners in ...

I recently experienced a minor glitch with my phone and dropped by the local Apple store for help. The employees at the Genius Bar took their time with me, asked a lot of questions and performed a few ...

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 ...

The healthcare sector is experiencing a paradigm shift in how doctors treat patients today. That’s according to Terry O’Malley, MD, an internist and geriatrician at Massachusetts General Hospital. The ...

I first heard of person-centered care as a junior human resources staffer for a large healthcare company. It was 1990, and the industry was decades into a transformation that began in the 1940s. This ...

Background: To achieve optimal health and oral health, the system of care must place a person and their social well-being at the center of decision making and understand factors spent outside the ...