"The Putting Patients First Field Guide: Global Lessons in Designing and Implementing Patient Centered Care is the ultimate real-world guide to how hospitals, long-term care communities and integrated health care systems around the world are operationalizing the fundamental dimensions of a patient-centered culture, including access to information, family involvement, healing environments, employee and physician engagement, patient advocacy and more. Edited by Susan Framption and Patrick Charmel of Planetree, a nonprofit consulting and research organization dedicated to patient centered care, the book represents a concrete pathway to patient-centered excellence, using lessons from organizations around the world. By featuring real life examples of providers from nearly every continent, this book will underscore the adaptability of a patient-centered approach to accommodate cultural nuances while addressing the universal desire |