Investigating patient-centered care

J Am Board Fam Med. 2014 Mar-Apr;27(2):169-71. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2014.02.140009.

Abstract

This issue provides many articles reporting on research pertinent to patient-centered care, with great richness in the variety of methods and settings. Topics include disparities in the availability of care and the type of care provided (including a randomized trial), effecting elective hospitalizations on future patient satisfaction, the effect of the specific content of the after visit summary, 2 articles related to aspects of shared decision making, 2 articles considering the effects of practice culture, plus a report on divergent views on how to integrate behavioral and primary health care. Differences between academic and nonacademic family medicine practice are finally documented, with important dissimilarities in patient-centered care. Family physicians are highly involved with dementia care. An exciting report documents a high negative predictive value for a new genomic expression test for coronary artery disease in family medicine that uses combinations of gene expression instead of individual gene testing.

Publication types

  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Family Practice* / methods
  • Family Practice* / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Patient-Centered Care* / methods
  • Patient-Centered Care* / organization & administration
  • United States