Sometimes in my work as a family doctor, the days don’t always go as expected. On a busy day, I feel like I’ll never catch up, and it’s frustrating that I can’t give adequate time to each individual patient. One afternoon not long ago, I was feeling unusually tired. I looked down at my schedule… Continue reading Ten Tips for Effective Communication With Your Doctor
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Good Communication Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients
Patients with hardened arteries who reported good communication with their healthcare providers were less likely to use the emergency room and more likely to comply with their treatment plans, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2017 in April in Arlington, Virginina. A release… Continue reading Good Communication Improves Outcomes for Heart Patients
Ways to Improve Doctor-Patient Communication
A hospital-wide communication training program, outlining best practices for doctors to follow in interactions with patients, improved patients’ perception of doctor communication by 9 percent. That is the finding of research published on February 23rd 2017 in the American Journal of Medical Quality (SAGE Publishing journal). The study details the largest known experiment of its… Continue reading Ways to Improve Doctor-Patient Communication