I receive lots of email questions from folks all over the country, and I answer each one, doing my best to provide meaningful responses. A recurrent question/issue is poor communication between a ...

Gone are the days when a doctor's word was taken as gospel. The relationship between doctors and patients has undergone a dramatic shift, with many doctors now finding themselves in the position of ...

Miscommunication between hospital staff regularly puts patients at risk, a new study says. Poor communications between health care workers contributed to 25% of hospital incidents that put patients' ...

Forty-six eligible studies were included in the analysis with 67,826 patients. HealthDay News — Poor communication is a major contributor to patient safety incidents, according to a review published ...

A new study has found that although most patients with osteoporosis would like to receive information regarding their fracture risk, only half of them actually receive it. In addition to revealing the ...

The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board has appealed to physicians to collaborate in “fixing healthcare in Bermuda”. However, a veteran doctor has warned that basic communications between ...

Medicine is like no other profession—at least, no other legal profession. In quiet and brightly lit rooms, doctors ask patients to disrobe, confess their secrets, and grant permission to be stuck with ...