Each monthly installment examines an individual aspect of these crucial conversations, including building trust, responding ...

A professor led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider's history-taking and physical exam were the main drivers of spinal pain patients' ...

At its core, healthcare is a people business. When organizations listen to patients and act on what they hear, they build ...

Recently, a long-standing patient came in for her routine office follow-up appointment for management of hypertension and arthritis. After a warm greeting, she told me there was a matter she needed to ...

Growing up in a town that was a 40-plus mile drive through the mountains to the nearest Walmart, with one blinking stoplight ...

Communication is an underappreciated skill, particularly in medicine. While our world has become increasingly interconnected thanks to the ever-growing number of new devices, apps and infrastructure, ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Physicians coming out of medical school with lousy communication skills end up getting more complaints down the road from patients, and tests can find the doctors with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Medical training is designed to mold students into doctors ...

Communication professor Charee Thompson, right, and graduate student Junhyung Han led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider’s history-taking and ...