Respect for patients’ autonomy is a cornerstone of medical ethics. Patients must rely on their physicians to provide information that patients would reasonably want to know to make informed, well-considered decisions about their health care.

2018年11月9日 · In health care today, the conversation around transparency centers on the consumer. The consumer is empowered to ask for treatment options and costs, potential treatment risks, realistic outcomes...

Medical transparency refers to the practice of openly sharing information about healthcare processes, medical data, treatment options, and outcomes with patients, families, and the public. It encompasses a wide range of activities, from disclosing the risks and benefits of …

2024年9月22日 · Transparency in healthcare goes beyond simply sharing information; it’s about open communication, trust, and fostering a relationship between patients and healthcare providers that leads to better outcomes. When patients understand their medical conditions, treatments, and potential risks, they are empowered to make informed decisions.

Transparency can improve value by two key pathways: engaging providers to improve their performance and informing consumer choice (Berwick et al., 2003). With respect to engaging providers, transparency can catalyze improvement efforts by appealing to the professionalism of physicians and nurses and by stimulating competition among them and ...

2013年5月17日 · The era of transparency is upon us, and it’s redefining the way hospitals deliver care to patients. As health care moves from a system that rewards volume (by paying for every procedure) to one that rewards value (by paying for outcomes), transparency is not only the right thing to do, but also the pragmatic thing to do.

WHO has guided two major advances to promote transparency in order to fight corruption, including the Medicines Transparency Alliance (MeTA), a multi-stakeholder initiative implemented in seven countries between 2008 and 2015, and the Good Governance in Medicines (GGM) Programme, which included a transparency assessment tool for the ...

2019年4月26日 · Transparency in healthcare is achieved in 2 layers. 1. Foster a collaborative, cross-continuum, outcomes-focused culture involving payers, providers, patients and communities. 2. Leverage technological, clinical and policy …

The growing complexity of medical science in general (and oncology in particular), along with greater disease specialization, increased time pressure on clinicians, and the accelerating rate of scientific advancement, among many other factors, motivates practitioners and payers to turn to vetted, evidence‐based resources to efficiently ...

2020年5月6日 · In recent years, the OpenNotes movement and other changes in healthcare have driven institutions to make medical records increasingly transparent. As patients have begun to question and request changes to their Problem Lists, clinicians have come to face the ever more frequent challenge of discerning which changes to make and which to refuse.