Although the scientific literature already suggests the importance of spiritual care in clinical practice, this topic has been apart from the routine of many practitioners, and many physicians still ...

Models of medical care that are patient-centered have demonstrated capability to improve quality of care and reduce costs, while at the same time improve patient satisfaction, adherence, and clinical ...

The summit will address priority patient inputs for comparative effectiveness research and health technology assessments. Alexandria, VA — April 27, 2021 — The Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI), ...

Dr. Prashila Dullabh is vice president and senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago, and Director of NORC’s Health Implementation Science Center. She serves as the Principal Investigator of ...

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) represent a fundamental shift in the practice of modern medicine, providing a comprehensive and digital record of patients’ clinical histories. Their adoption has ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $150 million to support new patient-centered comparative clinical ...

Health systems are entering an era of intelligent data management where real-time validation, data quality scoring and robust ...

Modern-day estrogen oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) are considered low-dose compared with previous iterations of the pill, with the majority of estrogen in combined oral contraceptives (COCs) being ...

Background: Little is known about the comparative risks and timing of patient-defined adverse cardiovascular and noncardiovascular events (PACE) after coronary artery revascularization. We ...