Patient-centered care for Muslim women: provider and patient perspectives.

Objective: The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to address the gap in existing literature regarding provider perspectives about provision of high-quality, culturally appropriate, patient-centered care to Muslim women in the United States and (2) to explore congruence between provider and patient perceptions regarding barriers to and recommendations for providing such care.

Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, a written survey was administered to a convenience sample of healthcare providers (n = 80) and Muslim women (n = 27).

Results: There was considerable congruence among patients and providers regarding healthcare needs of Muslim women.

A student health HMO as a partnership model within an academic medical center.

The Department of Family Practice, College of Medicine, in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago, was responsible for the reorganization of the Student Health Service into a health maintenance organization (HMO), Campus Care. Historically, the two campuses of the University of Illinois at Chicago operated student health as an infirmary model. Reorganization of student health into the Campus Care HMO provided expanded health care services to students, preserved more health care dollars in the university system, and provided a nonincremental increase in the size and responsibility of the Department of Family Practice.