title: Putting patients first: patient-centered care: more than the sum of its parts.
abstract: This is the seventh and last in a series of articles from Planetree, an international non profit organization founded in 1978 that's "committed to improving medical care from the patient's perspective." For more information, go to www.planetree.org. To register for a free Webinar based on this series that starts on September 21, go to http://bit.ly/aezmEu.
authors.affiliation: Planetree in Derby, CT, USA. sframpton@planetree.org
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Frampton
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guastello
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D009656:North America; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015279:Organizational Culture; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*