Determining the features of person-centred models of care that patients value
Publication year: 2018
Providing care that is person-centred is a key goal for
provincial and territorial health systems in Canada.(1)
This is demonstrated by a number of provinces having
recently put forward legislation or key strategies working
towards this aim. For example, in 2014, the Ministry of
Health of British Columbia (where this rapid synthesis
was requested from) released their strategic plan, Setting
Priorities for the B.C. Health System, which posited that the
province’s health system needed improvement with
respect to meeting the needs of key patient
populations.(2) The plan listed providing patient-centred
care as one of the eight priorities for the healthcare
system and reiterated its importance in the 2015 report -
B.C. Health System Strategy Implementation.(