Publications by authors named "C Bechtel"
Article Synopsis
- - The COVID-19 pandemic has created a significant public health crisis for primary care clinicians in the U.S., leading to increased patient demand and complex health issues, particularly in chronic care and mental health.
- - A study conducted with 36 electronic surveys from March 2020 to March 2022 found that clinicians reported longer wait times and difficulty meeting patient needs, largely due to staffing shortages and rising complexities in patient care.
- - The urgent findings call for immediate action to enhance support for primary care services to effectively address the evolving health care demands of patients.
Article Synopsis
- Family engagement in care enhances the role of family members as active participants in decision-making, leading to improved experiences and outcomes for both patients and families.
- Many health care professionals, particularly in cardiovascular care, are unaware of the potential benefits and opportunities for involving families, which reflects a need for better training and resources.
- This statement aims to educate healthcare stakeholders on the importance of family involvement, addressing existing challenges, knowledge gaps, and offering guidance for integrating families into the cardiovascular care team.
The US health care system has a long history of discouraging the creation and maintenance of meaningful relationships between patients and providers. Fee-for-service payment models, the 1-directional, paternalistic approach of care providers, electronic health records, anddocumentation requirements, all present barriers to the development of meaningful relationships in clinic visits. As patients and providers adopt and experiment with telemedicine and other systems changes to accommodate the impact of Coronavirus disease 2019, there is an opportunity to reimagine visits entirely-both office-based and virtual-and leverage technology to transform a unidirectional model into one that values relationships as critical facilitators of health and well-being for both patients and providers.
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