Primary-care doc pay rises with demand, but the industry disparity is still large One of the lingering challenges to recruit more individuals to pursue a career in primary care has been the large wage differential found between those specialties and more specialized clinical fields. READ MORE Hospitals can expect pain from EHR installs During the firstContinue reading “Health Care Technology News”
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Is Patient-Centered Care the Same As Person-Focused Care?
Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH Barbara Starfield, MD, MPH, is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. E-mail: Abstract Both patient-centered and person-focused care are important, but they are different. In contrast to patient-centered care (at least as described in the current literature withContinue reading “Is Patient-Centered Care the Same As Person-Focused Care?”