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In recent years, due to advancing technology and diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, medicine and health care have become more patient-oriented. This concept of personalized medicine or theranostics can be traced back to the beginnings of nuclear medicine when radioisotopes were uncovered as diagnostic and therapeutic tools. Nowadays, the field of theranostics is in flux, as new techniques and materials allow a growing range of applications beneficial for patients. This book examines new developments in theranostics and provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in this exciting discipline.

Patient-centered health care.

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This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the use of patient-/person-centred communication in providing health care for ageing populations through an ethnographic approach to physician in-home medical consultations in Tokyo, Japan, alongside interviews with physicians.

Physician and patient --- Communication in medicine --- Patient-centered health care

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Medical informatics is increasingly central to the effective and efficient delivery of healthcare today.This book presents the proceedings of the European Federation for Medical Informatics Special Topic Conference (EFMI STC 2017), held in Tel Aviv, Israel, in October 2017. The theme and title of the 2017 edition of this annual conference is ‘The practice of patient centered care: Empowering and engaging patients in the digital era’. The aim of the conference series is to increase interaction and collaboration between the stakeholder groups from both health and ICT across, but not limited to, Europe by providing a platform for researchers, data scientists, practitioners, decision makers and entrepreneurs to discuss sustainable and inclusive digital health innovations aimed at the engagement and empowerment of patients/consumers.The book is divided into 3 sections: full papers, short communications, and posters, and covers a wide range of topics from the field of medical informatics. It will be of interest to healthcare planners and providers everywhere.

Medical informatics --- Patient-centered health care --- Medical care --- Moral and ethical aspects.

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The last decade has seen sweeping changes in US health care policy. With more changes on the way, the emerging field of comparative effectiveness research-the science of determining how different treatments work best for different conditions-is critical for patients and clinicians who wish to make wise decisions regarding therapeutic choices. Comparative Effectiveness Research is the first textbook to offer an introduction to this topic. Written by an experienced university educator and researcher, the goal of this text is to provide readers with a gentle introduction to this diverse field. Th

Medical care --- Medicine --- Evidence-based medicine. --- Patient-centered health care --- EBM (Medicine) --- Evidence-based healthcare --- Clinical medicine --- Systematic reviews (Medical research) --- Health Workforce --- Evaluation. --- Research. --- Decision making

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The idea of person-centred health systems is widely advocated in political and policy declarations to better address health system challenges. A person-centred approach is advocated on political, ethical and instrumental grounds and believed to benefit service users, health professionals and the health system more broadly. However, there is continuing debate about the strategies that are available and effective to promote and implement 'person-centred' approaches. This book brings together the world's leading experts in the field to present the evidence base and analyse current challenges and issues. It examines 'person-centredness' from the different roles people take in health systems, as individual service users, care managers, taxpayers or active citizens. The evidence presented will not only provide invaluable policy advice to practitioners and policymakers working on the design and implementation of person-centred health systems but will also be an excellent resource for academics and graduate students researching health systems in Europe.

Health services administration --- Patient-centered health care --- Health planning --- Medical policy --- Medical care --- Citizen participation. --- Health administration --- Health care administration --- Health care management --- Health sciences administration --- Health services management --- Public health administration --- Administration --- Management --- health systems --- health policies --- health administration --- health economics --- public policy --- person-centred healthcare --- healthcare research --- clinical practice --- patient rights --- community participation --- health information --- health education --- health literacy