PURPOSE Access to health care is a long-standing concern for rural patients; however,
administrative measures fail to capture the subjective patient experience of accessing health …

Children with rare or life-limiting chronic conditions and their families are at high risk of
psychosocial distress. However, despite its impact on patient and family health and functioning, …

This article reports on a study to assess the feasibility of research procedures and acceptability
of QBSAFE, a set of conversation cards focused on quality of life, treatment burden, safety…

Objectives: Diabetes care has traditionally focused on target A1c, leaving other patient goals
and needs under-addressed. We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of conversation …

Introduction For too many people, their care plans are designed without fully accounting for
who they are, the lives they live, what matters to them or what they aspire to achieve. We …

… The authors remain the same with the previous iteration also being authored by: Derek
Gravholt, Lydia Fleming, and Victor Montori in addition to Sreenivas Koka. Their names were …

Background The primary prevention of cardiovascular (CV) events is often less intense in
persons at higher CV risk and vice versa. Clinical practice guidelines recommend that …

The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of Sicora Consulting, Inc (SCI)’s 8
Factors of Engagement (8FE) model. The paper will include a brief history of the inspiration …

Patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) tend to receive less intensive preventive
care. Clinical practice guidelines recommend shared decision making (SDM) to improve …