Person-centered care is an approach to healthcare that recognizes each person as a whole person with unique goals, values, preferences, and life circumstances.
Providers are experts in medicine. People are experts in their own lives.
Better care happens when both forms of expertise inform healthcare decisions.
Person-centered care starts with understanding the whole person and the many factors that shape their health and well-being.
What only the person knows about themselves
What shapes everyday life and health
What exists in the world around the person
Explore two sets of principles that have helped shape person-centered care.
PICKER
The Picker Institute developed the Picker Principles of Person-Centred Care through extensive research and direct engagement with patients, families, and healthcare providers in an effort to understand and share what truly matters to people during their healthcare experiences.
NATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
The National Advisory Board (NAB) on Improving Health Care Services for Older Adults and People with Disabilities developed Six Principles to Modernize the Health Care Infrastructure through a consensus process informed by professional expertise and lived experience.