[Colloq] Thu 11/13 4-5: PHI Speaker Series Presentation: Keeping the “Patient” in “Patient-Centric Care”: Preserving the Relational Aspects of Doctor-Patient Interactions

[Biron, Jessica]

Please join us for the talk in the Personal Health Informatics Fall Speaker Series. 
Thursday 11/13, 4-5PM, Room 105 BK (Behrakis Health Center) Open to the public. 

Keeping the “Patient” in “Patient-Centric Care”: Preserving the Relational Aspects of Doctor-Patient Interactions 

Timothy Hoff , Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems, and Health Policy Author of Practice Under Pressure: Primary Care Physicians and Their Medicine in the 21st Century D’Amore-McKim School of Business School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy Northeastern University 

Abstract: 

There is a meaningful management and policy focus on making US health care delivery more “patient-centric”. New models such as the medical home place a greater focus on patient needs and expectations at the center of their philosophy. That said, the current health care system appears to moving away from traditional relational elements of doctor-patient care delivery, creating new health care interactions that rely on the use of information technology, the Internet, new health workforce models, and more population-based management of health needs. While advancing the transactional abilities of the care delivery system, these innovations may undermine or transform aspects of doctor-patient relationships in ways not anticipated, and which have implications for key system outcomes. This talk will discuss the factors promoting these transformations, the ways in which to conceptualize their possible effects, and the key research and policy questions that emerge from this understanding. 

Upcoming speakers : 

November 20
Mariya Shiyko
Assistant Professor
Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology Northeastern University 

December 4
Magy Seif El-Nasr
Associate Professor
College of Arts, Media, and Design
College of Computer and Information Sciences Northeastern University 

Hosted by the Northeastern University Personal Health Informatics Program .