How we organize and deliver health care can affect its quality. Are there enough hospitals in the community to meet its needs? When health care providers work for a health system, do they deliver different care than those who don’t? This kind of evidence about hospitals and health systems is critical to delivering better care.
A physician, patient, caregiver and advocate offers her viewpoint on the barriers to patient centered care, including lack of understanding of the care giver role, insurance status, as well as bias, racism and social determinants of health.
A patient offers his viewpoint on what’s standing in the way of patient centered care in the U.S., emphasizing the need for patients and researchers to work together.
Produced under the Optimizing Value in Health Care program, administered by AcademyHealth, this paper outlines the following barriers to patient centered care: missing information, inadequate trust, organizational culture, and alignment of incentives.
From hospital readmissions to repeat visits to the emergency department, studies presented at AcademyHealth’s Annual Research Meeting highlight important implications for health system decision makers.
As the 2019 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) convenes in the nation’s capital, AcademyHealth President and CEO Lisa Simpson reflects on the evolving needs of the field of health services research (HSR).
With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AcademyHealth hosted this invitational meeting of experts on the barriers to patient centered care.
This special issue published in AcademyHealth’s open access, peer-reviewed journal, commemorates 25 years of the Health Care System Research Network’s rigorous research to improve health outcomes and health systems’ performance by leveraging electronic health data.
AcademyHealth member Laura C. Myers discusses the implications of findings from a recent study pointing to complex issues around standardization of hospital policies.
