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Patient-centered Care

Patient-centered care is based on establishing an effective continuous partnership between clinicians and patients and between health care organizations and consumers.

Recent Reports

  • Team Training in Health Care: A Review of Team Training and a Look Toward The Future

    The following discussion compares the purpose, strategy, and effectiveness of two distinct categories of MTT, those that are primarily simulator-based and those that are primarily classroom-based. Data collected from MTT course observations, participant questionnaires, and instructor interviews are reported. Finally, we summarize the state-of-the-science and propose a series of research-based propositions for improving the future of MTT.

Recent Projects

  • Developing the CAHPS Survey for Cancer Care

    AIR and the Mayo Clinic are working together to create the first CAHPS Survey designed for a specific illness. The CAHPS Cancer Care Survey will help assess the performance of health plans and providers, with supplemental item sets for a few special populations, within the scope of cancer treatments.

  • Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Network Center

    AIR serves as the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Network Center (PNC). As the PNC, AIR manages a consortium of National Institute of Health grantees who are conducting research projects with the goal of standardizing the assessment of patient-reported outcomes across chronic diseases.

  • Reducing Hospital Associated Infections (HAIs)

    AIR and Carilion Medical Center worked together to identify the challenges of implementing patient safety initiatives to decrease hospital associated infections (HAIs).