Patient Engagement February 21, 2023
By Sara Heath

The report outlines the success VA has had with whole health and patient-centered care and suggested HHS helm an effort to scale a Whole Health System nationwide.

Should the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) collaborate with the Department of Veterans Affairs on a nationwide effort to promote patient-centered care? That’s the conclusion of a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine that calls for a national structure for whole health care.

Whole health care uses team-based care to support a better patient experience, stronger patient-reported outcomes, and improved patient access to care. The model can also help support better clinical quality measures like emergency department utilization and hospitalizations.

Those kinds of improvements are...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, HHS, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends, VA / DoD
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