Lessons Learned From Two Decades of Patient- and Family-Centered Care in Radiology, Part 1: Getting Started

Patient- and family-centered care has a long history, but the application of these principles to radiology is limited by infrequent direct patient contact for many radiologists; scarce peer-reviewed data in the radiology literature; and sparse access to implementation strategies, tools, and best practices. In a series of two articles, the authors share two decades of lessons learned from implementing patient- and family-centered care in a radiology department.