I have always been curious about an experience often reported by people describing their visits to medical professionals. Understandably, for some, visits to the doctor are anxiety-inducing ...

As one of the first health systems in the country to pilot the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) to draft replies to patient messages inside the Epic Systems electronic health record, ...

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' ...

I receive lots of email questions from folks all over the country, and I answer each one, doing my best to provide meaningful responses. A recurrent question/issue is poor communication between a ...

Regular doctor’s visits are a crucial part of maintaining your health, but scheduling a doctor’s visit can be anxiety-inducing. First, you have to coordinate your appointment so it aligns with your ...

Black Americans’ concerns about medicine and healthcare are rooted in lived experience, collective memory and documented ...

There is a palpable tension eating away at the doctor-patient relationship. Doctors are over-capacity. Patients are under-informed and lack the confidence needed to properly self-advocate for their ...

Communicating to patients that they need to come to their annual checkup is important for eye doctors to convey to help treat their patients, says Ariana Levin, MD. Glaucoma is a disease that affects ...

The pharma marketing world has unique insight into how words play into their world: Many months and many dollars are spent ...

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 ...