Feb. 28, 2017Tuesday communicationempathy Patient communication How to break bad news to patients: Experts offer best practices These communication strategies can help you better serve your patients during difficult moments.
June 6, 2014Friday communicationpatient care Core Competency Maintaining a good bedside manner in a world of 15-minute appointments Using simple strategies to better communicate with patients can actually help shorten appointments, an expert says.
Oct. 1, 2013Tuesday communicationpatient care ‘Go on’ Empathy in 60 seconds: Practical tips to improve bedside manner Interested in taking your bedside manner to the next level? An expert shares tips you can start using today.
June 29, 2011Wednesday communicationmedical school Art of medicine Schools keying on writing, verbal skills to deepen students’ clinical acumen Along with teaching bedside skills, medical schools recognize the value of writing to spur reflection and understanding in students.
May 26, 2010Wednesday communicationopinion Opinion Two openings—one wrong, one right “Our goal, if we are to be real healers, is to welcome the patient, show interest and show concern—all in that one opening sentence,” Arnold Melnick, DO, writes.
July 1, 2009Wednesday communicationMedicareopinion Opinion Medicare: Communication or confusion? Even as a fairly knowledgeable professional, I have great difficulty with the “information” Medicare provides and often do not understand it.