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What is Patient Centered Care and how is it Better?
With the advent of managed care, more patients are seen in shorter amounts of time and the amount of one-on-one time with the doctor seems to be on the verge of evaporating. Escalating pressures on the physician and the medical staff increase as health care approval agencies mandate more paperwork and justification for procedures. From the patientsâ perspective, care has become centered not on the needs of patients, but around the needs of the system itself. nnPatient-cente
May 11, 2007