Patient-centered care requires patients, providers and healthcare systems to have certain competencies, according to a Health Affairs commentary.
The authors added system competencies to the Towle A, Godolphin W. Framework for teaching and learning informed shared decision-making to support the model's patient and physician competencies. Here are the six system competencies the authors suggest will facilitate shared decision-making in healthcare:
• Provide overarching support for physicians' and patients' increased and timely access to patient-centered services.
• Restructure reimbursement schemes to provide sufficient time and incentive for physicians to counsel and engage patients.
• Create innovative models for redesigning care delivery in office settings to facilitate communication and optimize efficiency.
• Implement new information systems to link patients with the best resources and decision aids available.
• Increase access to understandable information about risks and benefits of therapy and diagnostic procedures.
• Add professional staff to help patients achieve self-management and health literacy; implement interprofessional collaboration and teamwork; reward and acknowledge high levels of professionalism.
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The authors added system competencies to the Towle A, Godolphin W. Framework for teaching and learning informed shared decision-making to support the model's patient and physician competencies. Here are the six system competencies the authors suggest will facilitate shared decision-making in healthcare:
• Provide overarching support for physicians' and patients' increased and timely access to patient-centered services.
• Restructure reimbursement schemes to provide sufficient time and incentive for physicians to counsel and engage patients.
• Create innovative models for redesigning care delivery in office settings to facilitate communication and optimize efficiency.
• Implement new information systems to link patients with the best resources and decision aids available.
• Increase access to understandable information about risks and benefits of therapy and diagnostic procedures.
• Add professional staff to help patients achieve self-management and health literacy; implement interprofessional collaboration and teamwork; reward and acknowledge high levels of professionalism.
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