This study examined the potential relationship between interdepartmental transfers and perceptions of the care received by adult patients who were admitted and discharged from a 300-bed, ...

The doctor-patient relationship is one of the most critical elements in delivering effective and compassionate care. Research shows trust and communication between doctors and patients can ...

Physicians have worked to earn the trust of their patients for nearly 2,400 years, dating back to the days of Hippocrates, ...

It’s the season of goblins, scary movies — and ghosts. It’s an appropriate time, I think, to discuss a situation I’m seeing more and more: medical ghosting. The term “ghosting,” which came in to our ...

Background: Patient complaints are viewed as indications of dissatisfaction with the service received or experience at a health care institution. The prediction of patient complaints is not clearly ...

What is the most important factor in treatment success? Although this open-ended question has many available answers, most people would say it is either the correct treatment from a healthcare ...

In a country where healthcare is a central concern for most citizens, trust in medical professionals remains an essential factor in the doctor-patient relationship. But how much do Americans really ...

DENVER – Artificial intelligence is quietly transforming how doctors interact with patients — and it might already be in use during your next visit to the doctor’s office. Thousands of physicians ...

Dr. Lamas, a contributing Opinion writer, is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. My patient’s son took me aside late one evening to share a request. I ...