The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is an increasingly endorsed primary care delivery model. Multiple definitions of PCMH exist. Most describe a PCMH as the infrastructure (providers, staff, health information technology, care processes, etc.) that supports proactive prevention, care coordination, and patient-centered health care. Providing PCMH services and processes can require significa...

The need for a patient-centered approach to health care services delivery is well recognized. Health care has become more specialized, with increasing numbers of disciplines and subdisciplines. In addition, both providers and community are increasingly mobile. As a consequence, patients see more providers, which has led to increasing fragmentation of patient-centered care and in particular of p...

In light of the increasing emphasis on incorporation of patient-centered care techniques into health care services, we sought to explore the greatest impediments to and benefits from student engagement in patient-centered care. A secondary aim of this research was to explore possible improvements in the way patient-centered care is taught to medical students. Thirdyear medical students on famil...

Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, is a health condition saddled with social stigmas and is widely misunderstood. Person-centered care practices can positively improve the psychosocial experience of living with dementia and have become the gold standard for care because of the resulting beneficial outcomes. The purpose of the current article is to describe four person-centered principles ...