Does current literature reflect patient- and family-centered care as defined here?
Over the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the literature on patient- and family-centered health care. The focus has been primarily on the partnerships between patients, families, and providers at the clinical level. There has been far less attention paid to the effect of patient and family advisors and leaders at the program and policy level on quality and safety. However, as more health care organizations engage patients and families as advisors and leaders, we have seen an increase in efforts to evaluate these collaborative endeavors. In other fields, such as education and mental health, where family-centered care has been established for a much longer period of time, the literature does address the effects of family involvement at the intervention level as well as the policy and program level.
Over the past two decades, there has been a significant increase in the literature on patient- and family-centered health care. The focus has been primarily on the partnerships between patients, families, and providers at the clinical level. There has been far less attention paid to the effect of patient and family advisors and leaders at the program and policy level on quality and safety. However, as more health care organizations engage patients and families as advisors and leaders, we have seen an increase in efforts to evaluate these collaborative endeavors. In other fields, such as education and mental health, where family-centered care has been established for a much longer period of time, the literature does address the effects of family involvement at the intervention level as well as the policy and program level.
