communication
Health Information Transparency: How Fast Is Too Fast?
Most of us are familiar with the idiom “Bad news travels fast.” These days, however, all news travels ...
JUNE 23, 2022
Pointing Fingers: Verbosity of Patient Safety Narratives Is Associated With Attribution of Blame
Reports on patient safety incidents are commonly employed to describe events that compromise safety.
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Let's Start With My Name: Improving Communication in the OR
While there is generally good communication between surgeons and their residents and between surgeons and nurses, ...
OCTOBER 18, 2021
COVID-19: What Have We Learned? How Do We Move Forward?
On Jan. 19, a patient who had recently returned from Wuhan, China, walked into an urgent care clinic in Washington ...
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Communication Is Key During Pandemic
A well-executed communication approach has been key to coping with the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts ...
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Documentary Film Brings Perspective to Chronic Migraine
More than eight years of filming, editing and creative fundraising later, Susanna Styron’s documentary film ...
AUGUST 2, 2019
Complicated Appendicitis More Likely in Children With Autism
Boston—Although children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who are diagnosed with appendicitis or long bone ...
JULY 29, 2019
Sex Lives Often Derailed by Chronic Pain and Its Treatments
Sex is arguably the most powerful human drive, and it is of central importance in spousal relations. However, ...
JUNE 22, 2017
Communication, Understanding at Discharge Key in Raising Health Literacy Among Chronic Pain Patients
If a subset of patients visiting urgent care centers is indicative of the country at large, then only a slight ...
JUNE 20, 2017
Patient Satisfaction After THA Varies by Sex
Staff responsiveness followed by clear communication from nurses and doctors are most important to female patients, ...
MARCH 15, 2017
Communication Between Doctors and Patients - Words Matter
Physicians by training and experience are guarded with our words. To begin, we are never entirely sure of anything, ...
FEBRUARY 17, 2017