Context and Objective: Patient advisory councils (PACs) are a strategy for primary care
clinics to engage patients in practice improvement. However, there is scant research on how …

Background Patient engagement could improve the quality of primary care practices.
However, we know little about effective patient engagement strategies. We aimed to assess …

Patient engagement in primary care leadership is an important means to involve community
voices at community health centers. Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) are …

Primary care practices are increasingly asked to engage patients in improving care delivery.
We report early experiences with Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs) from …

Background Patient-centeredness is a characteristic of high-quality medical care and
requires engaging community members in health systems' decision-making. One key patient …

Background Little is known about the extent to which primary care physicians (PCPs)
practice patient-centered care, 1 of the Institute of Medicine's 6 dimensions of quality. This …

PURPOSE Patient engagement has been broadly defined as the process of actively
involving and supporting patients in health care and treatment decision making. The aim of …

Background: Patient-centered care is integral to health care quality, yet little is known
regarding how to achieve patient-centeredness in the hospital setting. The Hospital …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Healthcare systems and their primary care practices are
redesigning to achieve goals identified in Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) models …

Background While unannounced standardized patients (USPs) have been used to assess
physicians' clinical skills in the ambulatory setting, they can also provide valuable …