The earliest adopters of social media were the technologically minded, including, I'm sure, some health care professionals. Then came physicians who knew how to engage with and communicate to a larger ...

Good communication between hospitalists and primary care physicians at the time of discharge is critical to patient safety and to the reduction of risk. Historically, this communication has been “one ...

It can sometimes be challenging for hospital executives to keep the lines of communication open with the busy physicians at their hospital, but maintaining that relationship is important for running a ...

While CMS and others look to curb the overuse of expensive and potentially risky advanced imaging procedures, the healthcare industry has begun to place renewed emphasis on physicians' oldest ...

A recently published study used linguistic analysis to investigate communication gaps between patients with Parkinson disease and physicians about off periods using a database containing dialogues ...

Healthcare’s burnout crisis is having a major impact on physicians’ wellbeing, as well as contributing to the physician shortage. The country is projected to be short 37,800 to 124,000 physicians by ...

In a session at the VHA 2013 Navigating to Excellence Forum in Las Vegas on May 1, 2013, Cindy DeMotte, MPH, RD, vice president of quality at Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura in Ventura ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There are gaps between physicians and parents in knowledge of disease status and prognosis in children with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Both patients and physicians report barriers to addressing cognitive issues, which may delay AD diagnosis and ...

A new survey from DrFirst, a company that provides e-prescribing and medication management solutions, took a closer look at how healthcare consumers like to communicate with their provider. The online ...

From 55 appointments, the mean of rater scores was 57.3. A near-zero correlation coefficient was seen between physician- and patient-reported communication scores (0.009; P=.854) and between physician ...