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Patient-Centered Care: Definition and Examples

Tulane Public Health Blog

A growing number of people believe that healthcare organizations can improve the quality of care they provide and the health outcomes of their patients by adopting a patient-centered care model. It can vastly improve patients’ health and lives, the lives of healthcare practitioners, and even the healthcare system overall.

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Epidemiology Terms: A Glossary of Epidemiological Words

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Whether you are a student of nursing, health sciences, public health, or another specialty, you may be interested in expanding your knowledge of epidemiology. Public health and government agencies prevent the spread of emerging infectious diseases on their shores. We can see this visually represented with outbreak or case maps.