Healthcare for people who live in the real world, not in a medical chart.
The Center for Person-Centered Care
A program of Wellness, Workplaces, and Communities Initiative, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Practical tools, education, and resources that help people apply person-centered care in everyday life.
What We Do
Healthcare decisions are often made without considering the realities of people's daily lives.
The Center for Person-Centered Care helps patients, providers, payers, and healthcare organizations make decisions that better reflect those realities and work better in real life.
Media & Expert Commentary
Looking for a person-centered perspective on healthcare issues in the news? Cynthia Overton, PhD, Executive Director of the Center for Person-Centered Care, is available for media interviews and expert commentary.
Person-Centered Care for Everyone
Resources to make healthcare easier to navigate, improve communication, and help care work better in real life.
Patients & Families
Navigate healthcare with practical resources that help you ask informed questions, understand your options, and know what to do next.
Healthcare Providers
Better understand the real-life circumstances that affect care and develop plans that work in patients' lives.
Payers & Health Plans
Help members better understand and navigate their coverage, reducing confusion and frustration and supporting better healthcare experiences.
How We Help
Explore the ways we can help you advance person-centered care.
Speaking & Training
Interactive presentations for organizations and healthcare professionals.
Research & Partnerships
Partner with us on research and initiatives that advance person-centered care.
Why the Center Exists
Person-centered care is widely recognized as important, but putting it into practice can be difficult. The Center helps close that gap by turning person-centered care principles into practical resources people can understand and use.
Support Our Work
Help us develop practical resources, educational programs, and practice-based research that advance person-centered care for patients, families, healthcare professionals, health plans, and communities.
Organizational Information
The Center for Person-Centered Care is a program of the Wellness, Workplaces, and Communities Initiative (WWCI), a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.