Person-Centered Care: An Important Approach for 21st Century Health Care

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services Vol. 41 No. 11 November 2003

EXCERPT

Two recent Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports have moved person-centered care to the top of the list of priorities for the American health care system.Crossing the Quality Chasm (Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, 2001) identified a patient-centered approach as essential for achieving the quality of care desired by Americans. The second report, Improving the Quality of Long-Term Care (Wunderlich & Kohler, 2001), cited consumer-centered care as a working principle or value to guide provision of care and services in all types of long-term care settings, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult care homes, and home care. These important works bring the individuals receiving health care into the team as important collaborators.
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