BACKGROUND Today, in several north-western European countries, patients are encouraged to choose, actively, a healthcare provider. However, patients often visit the provider that is recommended by their general practitioner (GP). The introduction of patient choice requires GPs to support patients to be involved, actively, in the choice of a healthcare provider. We aim to investigate whether pol...

OBJECTIVE The study sought to elucidate and refine the interpersonal, communicative dimension of the communal coping model (CCM) of catastrophizing. The primary aim was twofold. First, we examined the relations among pain intensity, catastrophizing, and pain behaviors as they function within the patient-health provider relationship. Second, we investigated the role of catastrophizing and pain b...

Purpose Integrative Medicine has been practiced in different hospitals in Germany for several decades. For example, several anthroposophic hospitals integrate conventional medicine with methods including the use of natural remedies, rhythmic embrocations, art therapy and biographic counseling. Moreover, patient-centeredness is a fundamental therapeutic approach especially in Integrative Medicin...

The goal of the KMR-II project is the creation of a unified architecture for a knowledge intensive patient healthcare management. Using a combination of knowledge integration techniques, it provides a framework for the interaction between patients, providers and managers. At the same time, is provides intelligent clinical decision support and automates management procedures. In this paper, we i...

Computerized provider order entry (CPOE) and clinical decision support (CDS) are advocated health care information technologies for improving patient safety through reduction and prevention of medication errors. CPOE and DCS target specific errors in medication processes, particularly in prescribing and ordering. These are of particular importance in pediatrics, because children may be more vul...

BACKGROUND Given the growing roles of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), patients are increasingly able to choose their primary care provider type. Studies examining patient preferences among provider types are limited and ours is the first to examine reasons for patients' provider type preferences. METHODS Using data from the 2014 Association of American Medical Colleg...