improving efficiency), patient benefits (such as improving quality for individual patients) and personal benefits for …. Professionals furthermore doubt whether the policy is beneficial for patients, although this dimension is the least influential …

Tort-based doctrines of informed consent have utterly failed to assure that patients understand the risks, benefits … shown it to be an abject catastrophe. Most patients lack an even minimal understanding of their treatment options. But there … between the theory and practice of informed consent. These evidence-based educational tools empower patients to make decisions …

from a subset of patients' electronic medical records, we also find that the app directs patients to the hospital and …

Despite promises that Medicare would not interfere with patients' ability to choose their physician and to purchase … drive more and more physicians out of the system, it's time for Congress to allow private contracting to play a … significantly greater role in Medicare Part B. Congress should eliminate the limit on patients' ability to negotiate fees with …

rights to bodily integrity and well-being. In terms of the law, patients cannot be involved in medical treatment or research … without IC. Healthcare providers must inform patients about diagnosis, risks, benefits, treatment options, and right of … refusal in a language patients understand based their literacy level. This study reports an empirical study on patients …

as the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).Communications with patients—often sent in accordance with collection …

neglect the competition between health care providers for patients which is crucial for medical quality. This third field of …Many health economists demand more competition in the health care system. They focus on the competition between … sickness funds for insured and the competition between health care providers for contracts with sickness funds. But they …

patients manage their own care. The author looks at patient-centred care and its associated benefits, and suggests that the way … to maximize those benefits moving forward is (in part) by engaging and empowering patients with eHealth solutions … expertise among some patients, who can then engage other patients in robust online patient communities, thus generating more …