by Smitha Gopal | May 1, 2020 | Practice Pearls
How lessons learned from past health outbreaks can help doctors now Tara Kirk Sell, Ph.D., M.A., is a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security and an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the Johns...
by Stephanie Barlas | Feb 21, 2020 | Patient Engagement
Top 3 reasons patients leave a practice Patients today have an unprecedented number of choices when it comes to choosing providers and health care options. The days of “doctor knows best” and being loyal to the same practice for decades are over. According to Becker’s...
by Katie Moyer | Jan 17, 2020 | Patient Engagement
How stories impact trust, empathy, and patient adherence Consider the following scenario: a patient comes in to see you—an older male, overweight, with a family history of diabetes. Do you: A) Hand him a brochure that warns of the dangers of pre-diabetes and lists...
by jsopher | Nov 23, 2018 | Technology & the Internet
The growing role of voice assistants in health care Judging by the number of commercials advertising “smart speakers,” voice technology is going to be big this holiday season. In 2017, almost 44 million voice assistants were sold, and these devices are...