Better Patient Communication = Improved Efficiency & Outcomes
Effective, compassionate communication with patients can quickly help form a trusting relationship...
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Tag: Anesthesiology
The Merck Manual Is Introduced in its 20th Edition
Kenilworth, N.J., May 22, 2018 – Trusted by doctors and other healthcare professionals for more...
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Mental Health Neglect Among Physicians
Previous research has suggested high rates of suicide and depression among physicians when...
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MACRA: Proceed With Confidence at the Point of Care
We’ve been living in a MACRA world for some time now, and yet most physicians still aren’t...
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Expert-Based Opinions: A Supplement to, Not a Replacement for, Evidence-Based Content
Nationally recognized and highly regarded health systems have a variety of ways to expand the...
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Calling Responsible Parties to Task for their Role in the Opioid Epidemic
In October 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the opioid epidemic is a public health...
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Three Effective Ways to Pick Quality Improvement Targets
My first exposure to Lean as a quality improvement (QI) approach was at a well-known automotive...
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Three Ineffective Institutional Approaches to Quality Improvement in Healthcare
In 2012, there were estimates of waste in US healthcare amounting to $750 billion per year, or...
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#PWChat – Why Doctors Are Losing the Public’s Trust
Join us Wednesday, December 13 at 3:00pm ET for PART II of our live, interactive tweetchat with...
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Hospitals, Third Parties, and Physicians: Opposing Roles in Containing Healthcare Costs
Patients do not have carte blanche when it comes to decisions about their medical care. The type...
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#PWChat – Pseudoscience in Medicine PART 2: Steering Patients Toward Reliable References
Join us Wednesday, October 25 at 3:00pm ET for a live, interactive tweetchat with Linda Girgis,...
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