(HealthDay News) — Cancer patients who let their doctors make all the decisions are less likely to rate their care as excellent compared to patients who participate in their medical decisions, a new ...

Patient-centricity is often seen as a matter of ethics, something that "should" be done on principle. A white paper demonstrates that patient-centricity is not just an ethical imperative, but ...

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children’s Health System is focused on continuing to evolve its patient experience efforts. Here, Tina Arcidiacono, administrative director of patient experience and ...

Cancer patients with less involvement in their treatment decisions are less likely to report excellent quality of care even if they prefer physician-controlled decisions, according to a study in JAMA ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About half of the patients with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome have cutaneous involvement, which can ...

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Knowing that a health-research study had been reviewed by a Research Ethics Committee (REC) involving members of the public, or that patients had a role in ensuring the study information was easily ...

The way patients and healthcare providers interact has drastically changed over time, yet remnants of outdated models still linger today. Traditionally, patients were seen as passive recipients of ...

Research results suggest patient participation in surgical site marking may not be reliable or helpful in decreasing the chances of wrong-site surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of ...