Consider this: A 2011 survey reported in Health Affairs of 800 recently hospitalized patients found that only 53 percent of them felt that their physicians were empathic and caring.1 In one study where doctor-patient encounters were videotaped, researchers found that doctors often overlooked or dismissed signs of distress communicated by patients, providing empathic responses only […]
As healthcare providers recognize the essential need to engage patients and to understand what is important to them in their health and healthcare delivery, there is need for a paradigm shift in the focus of “what’s the matter?” to “what matters to you?,” a concept put forward by Maureen Bisognano, President of the Institute for […]
Sometimes all it takes to make transformative changes in healthcare delivery is seeing great ideas and being willing to “steal shamelessly.” Today, we share great ideas that have been developed and implemented around the world using the PFCC Methodology and Practice (www.pfcc.org). We hope you will steal them shamelessly “as is” and/or use them as […]
Once upon a time, there was an ICU patient named Robert. Robert was not very responsive to verbal stimuli or requests such as: “Can you open your eyes for us?” or “Can you open your mouth so I can give you some medication?” Several days after Robert was admitted to the ICU, a family member […]
Creating a culture in which patient-centered care is embraced as the standard of care is no small challenge. However, what better way for future healthcare professionals to start their careers than to have a way in which to view every component of patient and family care experiences through their eyes. This is one of the […]