Person centered care

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Person centered care

Person-centred care is emerging as the primary approach to health care.

What is it?

Also sometimes known as person's healthcare rights, person-centered care is an approach to providing care that recognizes the person being treated rather than just focusing simply on the disease or ailment.

Why is it important?

Patients do better. Fewer adverse events, faster recovery, better outcomes, lower costs and a higher degree of satisfaction for all involved.

Who can benefit from it?

The approach emphasises the partnership and relationship in health between patients and their healthcare professionals. Both the carers and the cared-for do better when person-centric methods are used.

Little things mean a lot

Little things mean a lot

I will make sure that Mr Bear is with you when you have your tests.

 

How it works

Using To Know Me is easy as 1-2-3

To Know Me is easy to use
Ask your provider

Contact your heathcare provider to confirm they are particpating in the program. Progressive healthcare organizations provider better care.

Update your survey

Complete the patient registration and survey. Let the care workers know what is important to you in your own words.

Share with others

You are always in control of your personal data. You can actively select who you wish to share your information with.

Peace of mind

Peace of mind

Now his nurses know what really matters most to him.

Founders

Thanks for your interest in what we are doing and for visiting our website. We want to make the world a better place by elevating the importance of people in healthcare. We've seen it first hand, how misunderstanding the person being treated de-humanizes them, and lowers the quality of their care outcomes. This also impacts healthcare workers as well as they are not able to provide the care they want to deliver. So we want to help change that and help empower healthcare systems around the world to once again place people at the center of the care equation.

Dr. Frances Hughes, Ph.D.

Group Facilitator, World Health Organisation Pacific Island Mental Health Network, Deputy Director of Mental Health, Ministry of Health New Zealand.

Peter Nicholson

Vice President, Corporate Development Mentor Worldwide LLC (Johnson & Johnson), Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, Galderma / Nestle Skin Health.

References

Barbara, C. (2012). The evolution of patient-centered care. Journal of healthcare management, (57)2, 86-88

Berry, L, L., Seiders, K., & Wilder, S, S. (2013). Innovations in access to care: a patient-centered approach. Annals of Internal Medicine, 139(7), 568–574.

Robinson, J. H., Callister, L. C., Berry, J. A. and Dearing, K. A. (2008), Patient‐Centered care and adherence: Definitions and applications to improve outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 20: 600-607. doi:10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00360

Rathert, C., Wyrwich, M. D., & Boren, S. A. (2013). Patient-Centered Care and Outcomes: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Medical Care Research and Review, 70(4), 351–379.

Stewart, M., Brown, J. B., Donner, A., McWhinney, I. R., Oates, J., Weston, W. W., & Jordan, J. (2000, September). The Impact of Patient-Centered Care on Outcomes. Journal of Family Practice, 49(9), 796.

Bergeson, S, C. & Dean, J, D. (2006). A Systems Approach to Patient-Centered Care. JAMA, 296(23):2848–2851. doi:10.1001/jama.296.23.2848

What is patient-centered care? (2017, January 1). NEJM Catalyst.