The patient overwhelm problem tuning shows 70% of patients tune out messages; hospitals must unify communications to improve engagement and outcomes.

Problems patients experience due to dental or skin conditions are often differently perceived by care providers, according to a new European study. Problems patients experience due to dental or skin ...

Dismiss a Problem? Patient in 10 Safe Steps Most clinicians have dealt with a dissatisfied or noncompliant patient. But how do you end the relationship without putting yourself at risk? Providers may ...

To find the root cause of patient issues, like missed appointments, providers must drill down into their experiences. One way to address these individual concerns is via a “design thinking” approach, ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Most of the issues associated with patient record matching stem from a lack of standards and ...

During a busy shift in the emergency department not long ago, I tried something new: I walked out of the double doors and into the waiting room. For a physician, the waiting room is an uncomfortable ...

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 28, 2016 file photo, surgeons discuss a procedure during a surgery in Washington. In a study released Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, complications including infections and ...

The democratization of opinion is the dominant social meme of the 21 st Century. Driven by the power of the internet and social media, the opinion of everyman, thus aggregated, dominates ...

Patients not complying with their dermatologic treatment is a universal problem that doctors need to address, according to Steven Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., from Wake Forest University School of Medicine ...

The following is a guest post from Mark LaRow, CEO of patient matching company Verato. For more than two decades, HIPAA has protected a patient’s rights to his or her medical records. But a patient’s ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - It is called a patient portal. It is a government requirement for doctors and hospitals to distribute records and data from hospital admissions for patients. It sounds good but I ...

Providers may become concerned about being blamed for a poor outcome when a patient is continually noncompliant with prescribed interventions. Discontinuing patient-provider relationships should be ...