Clear communication is an essential component of patient-centered care delivery in the cancer setting. Previous research has assessed tools designed to improve patient–clinician communication, but the ...

Credit: Getty Images. There are 4 steps to avoid verbal conflicts that escalate to violence among unhoused patients: apologize, approve, applaud, and appease. Every Sunday, Reverend Thomas Hill, ...

Today's doctor visits look and feel a lot different than they did even just a couple decades ago. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Rushed physicians and medical ...

Advances in technology, especially the advent of smart phones, have made it easier for patients to record their encounters with healthcare providers. However, physicians often have understandably ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . I want to reflect on a recent patient I admitted: a woman in her 40s who presented with an intractable headache.

A friend recently returned from a doctor’s office visit upset the doctor didn’t explain much of anything. He hardly entered the examination room, asked a few superficial questions while he typed on ...

Unused capacity due to patient no-shows and non-compliance with preoperative and postoperative instructions can be a significant cost burden for ambulatory surgery centers, but swift action can ...

Failing to adhere to patient safety protocols can have severe consequences for patients. Stephen Littlejohn detailed patient safety in the United States and how the National Patient Safety Foundation ...

The COVID-19 public health emergency has providers in all settings reviewing their ability to deliver telemedicine effectively. The COVID-19 public health emergency has providers in all settings ...

Most commonly reported error in the physical exam is that the exam was never performed Report in the New England Journal of Medicine is part of a six-issue series on ...