Editor’s Note: On July 31, JAMA Network published the results of a survey that found patients’ trust in doctors and hospitals dropped 31 percentage points from April 2020 to January 2024. The findings ...

The surge in healthcare consumerism is empowering patients with more autonomy and choices than ever when it comes to “shopping around for care.” In fact, industry research shows approximately 30% of ...

Dr. Ahmed has embraced social media as a way to begin building relationships with patients before they even enter his clinic. While social media has become an integral element of nearly every industry ...

Jennifer N. Clements, PharmD, is a clinical pharmacist in diabetes transition with Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Clements is a board-certified pharmacotherapy ...

When patients visit your practice for the first time, you really don't know much about them. You have no idea what motivates them, what they think about their smile, or their oral health goals. One ...

A colleague recently consulted me about one of her patients who was struggling with alcohol. The patient was on the fence about whether or not she really had a problem, whereas the therapist believed ...

Four questions: Daily assessment of pain, anxiety, problems or concerns, and need to see physician during a course of radiation therapy. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2012 Quality Care ...

Emotionally adverse experiences comprised 4% of free-text comments but were common in interviews, implying routine survey metrics under-detect severe dissatisfaction without nuanced affective ...

The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2, a novel coronavirus that emerged in late 2019, and the resulting Covid-19 disease has been labeled a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World ...