Medicine Grand Rounds, Stacy Wood “Medicine + Marketing: The New Role of Consumer Theory in Patient-Centric Care”
As the healthcare environment changes, patients increasingly see more personal control in their choice of doctors, therapies, and systems of care. From new models of tele-health to the ubiquitous direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical ads on TV, patients are shifting to a "customer mind-set" when they make health decisions and this has sweeping ramifications for healthcare providers. In … Read more