by Brad Sopher | May 25, 2018 | Relating to Your Patients
How to position yourself as a go-to source of health info instead Do you think your patients are too smart to be influenced by health advice from celebrities? There’s no way educated adults would make medical decisions based on a viral Facebook post or an article...
by Katie Moyer | Mar 16, 2018 | Patient Engagement, Relating to Your Patients
Your choice of words matters. Here’s what to say to patients—and what not to say “A doctor’s ability to explain, listen, and empathize has a profound impact on a patient’s care,” stated the New York Times. Yet the Times found that a startling two out of every three...
by Smitha Gopal | Sep 6, 2017 | Patient Engagement
Health care quality measures have raised concern among doctors – but technology could change that As recently as a decade ago, many doctors didn’t think the quality of their care could be measured. “Any attempt to do so was ‘bean counting’ folly at best or destructive...
by Kristen Shaab | Jun 30, 2017 | Emerging Technology & Trends, Patient Engagement
Things you may not think would affect how patients feel about their health care, but do Doctors know that patient satisfaction and perception of care are not the same thing, though the phrases are often used interchangeably. This can be frustrating, since doctors also...
by Brad Sopher | Apr 28, 2017 | Patient Engagement, Relating to Your Patients
Patient education, engagement, and convenience are critical pieces of the health care puzzle for this population Reducing the burdens of chronic disease is one of the biggest challenges facing the health care industry today. More than half of Americans are currently...
