According to Kimball (2015), there are at least five reasons why patient-centered care should be implemented in hospitals. All these reasons are supported by healthcare researchers and business analysts and they are described as the following:
Attain better financial performance: A hospital system that is guided by the needs of patients and families becomes significantly more efficient. Patient-centered care actively engages all stakeholders and leads to decreased overall expenses. It reduces waste of a hospital's material and staff resources through making fewer process delays, maximizing patient educational efforts and decreasing diagnostic tests and referrals. In fact, research cited in the Gallup Management Online Journal has shown that
Attain better financial performance: A hospital system that is guided by the needs of patients and families becomes significantly more efficient. Patient-centered care actively engages all stakeholders and leads to decreased overall expenses. It reduces waste of a hospital's material and staff resources through making fewer process delays, maximizing patient educational efforts and decreasing diagnostic tests and referrals. In fact, research cited in the Gallup Management Online Journal has shown that