AJMC May 13, 2025
Eboni Price-Haywood, MD, MPH, MMM, Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, and Toni Flowers, PhD, DHL, MBA, LCMC Health, advocate for understanding individual patient circumstances, ultimately leading to more comprehensive and effective outcomes.
Eboni Price-Haywood, MD, MPH, MMM, associate dean at Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine, and Toni Flowers, PhD, DHL, MBA, chief diversity and social responsibility officer at LCMC Health, argue that a patient-centered approach is necessary to address the emotional, psychological, and environmental aspects of a patient’s life, ensuring comprehensive care.
Price-Haywood highlights the importance of patient-centered care, which involves understanding a patient’s personal and living circumstances to provide tailored medical care, while Flowers highlights the distinction between health disparities and health care disparities, noting that both must be...







