The United States falls behind other industrial-ized nations on most health indicators1 and
remains plagued by stark health disparities. 2 Efforts to understand the factors underlying …

There is renewed interest in patient engagement in clinical and research settings, creating a
need for documenting and publishing lessons learned from efforts to meaningfully engage …

Academic health centers (AHCs) play a significant role in educating the health care
workforce, conducting innovative biomedical and clinical research, and delivering high …

Background: Strategies to engage patients to improve and enhance research and clinical
care are increasingly being implemented in the United States, yet little is known about best …

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has accelerated conversations about the
importance of actively engaging stakeholders in all aspects of comparative effectiveness …

Background: Primary care practice− based research networks (PBRNs) are critical
laboratories for generating evidence from real-world settings, including studying natural …

Background Patients with gaps in health insurance coverage often defer or forgo cancer
prevention services. These delays in cancer detection and diagnoses lead to higher rates of …

健康的社会决定因素(SDH) 指非临床上的可以影响患者健康的因素, 如社会地位,
经济状况及邻里资源等. WHO 将其定义为人们出生, 成长, 工作, 生活, 衰老的环境 …

Academic medical centers (AMCs) in the United States built world-class infrastructure to
successfully combat disease in the 20th century, which is inadequate for the complexity of …

Acting on Social Determinants of Health: A Primer for Family Physicians Page 1 June 1,
2017 ◆ Volume 95, Number 11 www.aafp.org/afp American Family Physician 695 …