Patient-centered medical homes (PCMHs) have the potential to improve patient experience of care. Since 2006, Geisinger Health System has implemented its own version of an advanced PCMH model, referred to as ProvenHealth Navigator (PHN). To evaluate the impact of PHN on patient experience of care, the authors conducted a survey of patients whose primary care clinics had been transformed to "PHN ...

  This investigation was undertaken to evaluate the " effect of the student nurses" personal pain experience on assessment of pain intensity and selection of appropriate number of pain interventions. Participants in this research were 150 female student nurses who were studying in Razie Nursing and Midwifery college of Kerman university of medical sciences and health services. Data collection ...

OBJECTIVE. To measure patient satisfaction in relation to in-patient experience in public hospitals. DESIGN. Cross-sectional study. SETTING. Twenty-five selected Hospital Authority acute and convalescence hospitals in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS. Eligible patients discharged between 15 June and 27 September 2010 from the selected Hospital Authority public hospitals. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES. A total o...

Objective To elicit patient stakeholders' experience and perspectives about patient-centred care. Design Qualitative. Setting A large urban healthcare system. Participants Four patient stakeholders who are prostate cancer survivors. Main outcome measures Experience and perspectives of patient stakeholders regarding patient-centred care and treatment decisions. Results Our patient stak...

Improving interpersonal continuity of care provider (PCP) over time—is often considered a goal of primary care. Continuity of care is frequently of longitudinal continuity, or the proportion of encounters with one practitioner, overlooking aspects of the patient provider relationship that are key to interpersonal continuity of care. Further, few studies explore patients’ perspectives regarding ...