Respect for patients' needs and wishes is central to a humane health care system-To better
meet patients' needs, providers have expressed increased interest in using patients' …

Objectives. To determine which patient characteristics are associated with reports and ratings
of hospital care, and to evaluate how adjusting reports and ratings for hospital differences …

This article describes the early activities of the Picker/Commonwealth Program for Patient-Centered
Care and reports results from a study of 10 hospitals trying to develop better ways of …

Objectives. Family members and other" carepartners" often play an important role in the care
and support of patients during and after hospitalization, yet little is known about how they …

Collaborative visit agenda setting between patient and doctor is recommended. We assessed
the feasibility, acceptability, and utility of patients attending a large primary care safety-net …

OBJECTIVE: To assess, from the patient’s perspective, selected aspects of the quality of
inpatient hospital care in the United States. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey, using telephone …

Patients living with HIV/AIDS face large societal and medical challenges. Inviting patients to
read their doctors’ visit notes via secure electronic portals may empower patients and …

While they are in the hospital, patients exist in a self-contained, sequestered environment.
Hospital personnel who can meet most of their daily needs are only a call-button away. But …

Purpose This study aimed to understand patients' perceptions about potential benefits and
harms of accessing their own ophthalmology clinic notes via an electronic patient portal as …

Conducted a nationwide telephone survey of 1,800 recently discharged patients and their
care partners regarding their hospital experience. The authors summarized and compared …