What Would Truly Patient‐centred Urological Care Look Like?

The crossroads of evidence-based medicine and health policy: implications for urology

“…The trend toward large group practices in urology may position them well to coordinate with other physician groups or hospitals. Areas where urologists already participate in coordinated multidisciplinary care are oncology and renal transplant [50, 51]. These groups and the lessons learned from their experiences may be germinal to broader organizational connectivity and accountability.…”

What Would Truly Patient‐centred Urological Care Look Like?

“…We read with great interest this excellent paper by Nuttall et al. [1]. We believe the paper puts forward a set of ideas whose time has surely come.…”

The Successful, Sustainable Elimination of a Waiting List for Urology Outpatients

“…It seems that government targets, extra money and recruitment of more doctors and nurses are not the answer. Changes in the way outpatient clinics are administered and conducted are required in order to deliver truly patient-centred care [8].…”

“…Joshi et al . [8] reported on 107 patients undergoing RARP, where alternate patients underwent posterior reconstruction of the median fibrous raphe while the others had a standard vesico-urethral anastomosis without reconstruction. In this parallel group trial, no difference was noted in the continence rate at 3 and 6 months.…”