The person-centered care movement has influenced hospitals to make patient and family
engagement (PE) an explicit commitment in their strategic plans. This is often reflected in …

Background: Decisions affecting cost and quality are taken across health and care but
investigation of the mediating role of context in these is in its infancy. This paper presents a …

Purpose Current conditions have intensified the need for health systems to engage in the
difficult task of priority setting. As the search for a “magic bullet” is replaced by an …

There is renewed interest in patient engagement in clinical and research settings, creating a
need for documenting and publishing lessons learned from efforts to meaningfully engage …

The purpose of the study is to find out how consumer purchasing decisions affect
environmental, social, and governance practices. Consumers with recent bachelor's …

Background: Strategies to engage patients to improve and enhance research and clinical
care are increasingly being implemented in the United States, yet little is known about best …

Policy Points The 340B Drug Pricing Program accounts for roughly 1 out of every 100 dollars
spent in the $4.3 trillion US health care industry. Decisions affecting the program will have …

Introduction. Community health centers provide care to underserved populations least likely
to adhere to cancer screening guidelines, but vary in their ability to ensure eligible patients …

The factions debating health care reform in the United States have gravitated toward one of
two positions: that just health care is an individual responsibility or that it must be regarded …

Against a global background of increased resource management responsibilities for primary
health care agencies, general medical practices, in particular, are increasingly being …