A few simple steps that can encourage doctors to communicate more with nurses and each other.
Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom
There was a time when doctors were doctors, physicians, and surgeons. There was a time when we were not referred to as contractors, or providers.
With increasing demands on doctors and nurses, getting a word in isn't always easy
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When you have chronic pain, a disability or any kind of chronic illness, especially the invisible kind, learning how to effectively communicate and deal with doctors is an art form that must be mastered. Throughout the past several years, having...
Patients' complaints about doctors are finally being taken seriously, as poor communication is increasingly understood to be at the root of many of health care’s failures—and a leading culprit in rising costs. Research shows that when doctors don’t listen to patients, they miss important health cues and misdiagnose illness. Meanwhile, patients who don’t understand what their doctors say fail to follow their regimens, leading to preventable hospitalizations, complications and poor outcomes.
The answer lies in existing tools that are already widely used and known for simplicity, according to new research.
Patients trust doctors and will open their hearts out to them. Whether physicians like it or not, they are held to different standards than most other professionals by the general public.
Front line professionals need more support and time.
This course introduces healthcare professionals and others to the principles of verbal self-defense used to keep self and others safe in pressure-filled situations. Communicating Under Pressure will create a positive foundation fostering positive, empathic, and effective communications between professionals and thei...
'We were pushed to make pain the fifth vital sign.'
There’s often nothing more important to our patients than how we communicate with them.
Learn how the most effective and successful healthcare begins with a respectful rapport between doctors and patients.
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When specialists fail to accurately communicate important patient information, it can have enormous repercussions on that patient’s health along with lasting l…
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