Making high-quality, patient-centered care a reality.
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and others have spent a decade transforming the concept of patient-centered care from the realm of idea to the reality of practice. In this introduction, we provide a summary of this transformation, and the practical steps practices and health systems can take to make their transition to providing more patient-centered care.
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement (Mss Sevin and Schall) Cambridge, MA, USA.
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