In the past, hospital phlebotomists -- the staff trained to draw blood -- would enter a patient's room, announce their presence, get out a catheter and start looking for a vein. At New Milford ...

The University of New Haven’s School of Health Sciences is one of the first schools in the United States to pursue higher education certification from Planetree International. The partnership between ...

Planetree and the Picker Institute have released a new Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide that presents best practices to initiate and sustain a culture of patient-centered care, specifically ...

CHICO — Enloe Medical Center honored some of its outstanding caregivers Monday at the Chico hospital. The occasion was the Planetree Award Reception, held in Enloe’s Esplanade building. Planetree is a ...

Health care professionals from around the world will travel to Williamsburg, VA to attend the 2007 Planetree Annual Conference October 2-5, 2007. Hosted by Planetree-affiliated hospitals Sentara Obici ...

Planetree International, a nonprofit that partners with healthcare organizations to make care more patient-centered, received the 2017 Consumers and Patients for Quality Award from National Quality ...

Planetree: The tree under which Hippocrates, the father of medicine, sat as he taught his students in ancient Greece. If you stomp down the corridors of New Milford Hospital's medical/surgical wing ...

STAMFORD -- Dr. Steven F. Horowitz, Chief of Cardiology at Stamford Hospital, was honored as a recipient of the Spirit of Planetree Lifetime Achievement Award at a celebration during the 2007 ...

DERBY, Conn., Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Planetree's Person-Centered Care Certification® standards have been recognized by the International Society for Quality in Health Care's External Evaluation ...

Hamad Medical Corp (HMC) has been recognised internationally for its excellence in advancing person-centred care, with four of its facilities and services honoured during the Planetree Person-Centered ...