Patient and Physician Perspectives of High Value Care

Source: Penn Medicine News, March 6, 2013 High-value care has recently been emphasized as an important goal of health care reform efforts. In an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lisa Rosenbaum explains that creating value to physicians means reducing overuse of unnecessary tests, while for patients, creating value means enhancing their experience and paying attention to processes that matter to them. Rosembaum calls for a view that encompasses both patients and physician perspectives of “high-value care”