jueves, 8 de mayo de 2014

Article reports on lack of patient- and family-centered care

Article reports on lack of patient- and family-centered care



Article reports on lack of patient- and family-centered care



Personal Narrative Prescribes System Change

AHRQ researcher Cindy Brach’s article, "A daughter’s frustration with the dearth of patient- and family-centered care," was published in the inaugural issue of the Patient Experience Journal.

This first person account of a hospitalization describes the lack of patient and family inclusion in decision-making, failure to use plain language and other health literacy strategies, and disregard for patient and family preferences. Brach concludes that if the health care system is going to shift from paternalistic to patient- and family-centered, providers must be trained how to communicate and partner with patients and families and health care organizations must foster and support such care.

The article is available at: http://pxjournal.org/journal/vol1/iss1/7.

You can access AHRQ tools referenced by Brach by clicking the below links.

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