The patient overwhelm problem tuning shows 70% of patients tune out messages; hospitals must unify communications to improve engagement and outcomes.

Using an automatic alert system in providers' EHR systems "significantly" increases the documentation of previously unknown patient problems, which could potentially facilitate quality improvement.

Problems patients experience due to dental or skin conditions are often differently perceived by care providers, according to a new European study. Problems patients experience due to dental or skin ...

Dismiss a Problem? Patient in 10 Safe Steps Most clinicians have dealt with a dissatisfied or noncompliant patient. But how do you end the relationship without putting yourself at risk? Providers may ...

Patient satisfaction is an important part of hospital operations, but hospital leaders should consider the nuances of measuring patient experience before acting on survey results, according to a blog ...

Patients not complying with their dermatologic treatment is a universal problem that doctors need to address, according to Steven Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., from Wake Forest University School of Medicine ...

Though there is a great deal of discussion about the $750 billion that the U.S. spends annually on ordering unnecessary medical procedures, the financial waste resulting from patient non-compliance ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Most of the issues associated with patient record matching stem from a lack of standards and ...

The democratization of opinion is the dominant social meme of the 21 st Century. Driven by the power of the internet and social media, the opinion of everyman, thus aggregated, dominates ...

Skid Row marks a 40- to 50-block area in downtown Los Angeles where streets are lined with tents and tarps, and living conditions are far from sanitary. Once meant to serve as a destination for ...

Providers may become concerned about being blamed for a poor outcome when a patient is continually noncompliant with prescribed interventions. Discontinuing patient-provider relationships should be ...