Clinical Care Rooted in Respect
Every patient should feel heard and understood every time that they interact with a healthcare professional. Patients, family, and caregivers should feel known, shown compassion, and treated with dignity.
Unfortunately, the fast pace of contemporary clinical care, driven primarily by economics, leaves both healthcare professionals and patients feeling unfulfilled and dissatisfied. While entirely changing the healthcare delivery system is beyond the reach of CHM at this time, we know that subtle modifications of behaviors and practices can improve the overall experience of clinical encounters.
Fine Tuning With Micro Grants, Inspiring Improvements Across Clinical Care Settings
Often, it is the fleeting moments in healthcare that can make patients feel seen or cast aside, their pain acknowledged or dismissed. The Center for Humanizing Medicine’s micro grant projects target these moments, by changing an aspect of patient care that could otherwise be de-humanizing.
2024 was the inaugural year for micro grants. Applicants were were challenged to tell a compelling, structured story about their idea to humanize patient care. 15 projects were selected from close to 70 submissions, each with a $1500 reward.
