The surge in healthcare consumerism is empowering patients with more autonomy and choices than ever when it comes to “shopping around for care.” In fact, industry research shows approximately 30% of ...

Dartmouth medical student Nsomma Alilonu and Professor Thomas Thesen test the interactive voice component on their AI Patient Actor app, which allows students to practice talking to a simulated ...

MI is not limited to asking questions. A critical part of MI is also the way the provider responds to the patient, which requires "reflective listening" -- reflecting the patient's statements and ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has been testing a new piece of hardware to help them treat coronavirus cases — a robot called Spot. Last week, the hospital began using the robot in ...

SOMERSET, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Formedic, the nation’s leading provider of patient record forms, introduces the Medical History Questionnaire (www.FormedicMHQ.com), a free, easy-to-use electronic ...

One year ago this March in a Health Affairs Blog post, leaders of the Patient Experience Policy Forum (PXPF) published a vision for taking patient experience measurement and reporting to a new level.

Editor’s Note: On July 31, JAMA Network published the results of a survey that found patients’ trust in doctors and hospitals dropped 31 percentage points from April 2020 to January 2024. The findings ...

Dr. Ahmed has embraced social media as a way to begin building relationships with patients before they even enter his clinic. While social media has become an integral element of nearly every industry ...

The continuing spread of SARS-CoV-2 remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What physicians need to know about transmission, diagnosis, and treatment of Covid-19 is the subject of ...

Health officials can track where coronavirus is spreading by interviewing patients. Some in Milwaukee say that never happened. Ashley Luthern Cary Spivak Milwaukee Journal Sentinel April 23, 2020 ...

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Vol. 65, No. 5 (September-October 1996), pp. 262-271 (10 pages) Background: The question of psychophysiologic reaction specificity is still controversial. Methods: ...