Enabling Patient-Centered Care Through Health Information Technology (IT)—Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Report

Director's Update

Director's Update Slides from the July 2012 National Advisory Council
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  • While Health IT was shown to improve outcomes, few studies demonstrated impact on patient-centered care (as defined by the IOM [Institute of Medicine]):
    • 14 studies focused on improving responsiveness to the needs and preferences of individual patients.
    • 25 studies focused on improving shared decisionmaking or related measures of patient-clinician communication or access to information.

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Current as of August 2012
Internet Citation: Enabling Patient-Centered Care Through Health Information Technology (IT)—Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) Report: Director's Update. August 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/events/nac/2012-07-nac/clancy/clancy0713sl44.html