Ready to take the most direct path to your goals?
Take the Optimal Patient-Centered Care (OPCC) path.
Integrated Care Counsel guides you every step of the way.
The Clear OPCC Path
Delivering quality patient-centered care is a top priority for clinicians and healthcare organizations. Yet, when the path ahead is blurred, it becomes harder to see the right way forward, increasing the risk of pitfalls, unforeseen obstacles and costly detours that delay progress and drain resources.
The OPCC path is steady and clearly directed. We guide you step by step, helping you stay on course while aligning your goals to meet the needs, values and priorities of every individual you serve,
OPCC makes your goals achievable, delivering practical instruction and guidance in consistently applying core principles in daily practice areas e.g.
Patient-Centered Care
Caring for the whole person with fairness; respecting their autonomy and values while minimizing harm.
Doctor-Patient Relationships
Building trust through honest conduct and clear two-way communication.
Informed Consent
Helping patients understand treatment options, risks and benefits to make guided but not steered decisions.
Upholding Foundational Standards
Hippocratic Oath, Standards of Care, Medical Laws and Clinical Medical Ethical Principles that place the patient first.
Setting Sound Care Priorities
Guiding thoughtful decision-making when resources are limited—such as supplies, staffing, or available beds—while respecting each patient’s needs and dignity.
Informatics and Emerging Technology (e.g. AI)
Leveraging tools for patient education while addressing issues with data security, privacy, and potential biases.
Confidentiality & Privacy
Protecting sensitive patient data (HIPAA).
Communication and Collaboration
Facilitating effective dialogue and teamwork across interdisciplinary teams to promote coordinated, patient-centered care.
Professional Development
Empowering clinicians to confidently navigate complex care dilemmas and balance competing responsibilities.
What do you stand to gain with OPCC?
OPCC delivers expert clinical medical ethics education, guidance, and ongoing support—led by a formally trained Clinical Medical Ethicist—helping you navigate and strengthen:
- complex patient care decisions
- communication in high-stakes or emotionally difficult situations
- policy development and risk assessment with practical solutions
- consistency while staying current with evolving standards and expectations
- organizational culture to advance quality patient-centered care
As Lydia Dugdale, MD—who earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago, completed her residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, served as Associate Director of Yale’s Program for Biomedical Ethics and currently serves as Director of the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Columbia University—points out: “You get what you pay for.”
She warns that people without adequate ethics expertise “can hurt medical practitioners and patients alike. We don’t accept a lack of expertise in other domains of clinical care.”
Clinical Medical Ethics (CME) is a discipline grounded in evidence-based principles, their real-world application in clinical care, and ongoing study as standards, practice, and expectations change.
OPCC lets YOU define your options
OPCC empowers clinicians and organizations to confidently deliver patient-centered care—every time, across the full continuum of care. YOU identify the support options you need and we provide structured, discipline-specific training tailored to your specialty and practice setting, including:
- Preventive Care
- Long-term Care
- Home care
- Hospice
- Acute Care
- Family Practice
- Family Health
- Pediatrics
- Geriatrics
- Psychiatry/Mental Health
- Cardiology
- Oncology
