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Would Increased Reimbursement And Longer Visits Improve Physician-Patient Communications?

Oct 24, 2012 | All, Cost & Cost Savings, Cost & Savings Blog, Favorite Posts, Lack of Time To Communicate, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Physician Attitudes, Physician Attitudes Graphic, Uncategorized

In a word...no. It has been said that a physician’s patient communication skills are just as important as their clinical knowledge. After all, it is only by “talking to and listening patients” that physicians are able to accurately diagnose and treat their...

Patient Engagement Is A Physician-Patient Communication Challenge…Not A Health Information Technology Challenge

Sep 10, 2012 | All, Favorite Posts, Health IT, Health IT Blog, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Blog, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Uncategorized

There is no app for engaging patients in their own health care absent a strong doctor-patient relationship. Physicians, hospitals and other providers are being misled by industry pundits claiming that more health information technology (as in EMRs, PHRs, Smart Phone...

Patient Engagement – Here’s Why It’s So Hard For Health Care Providers

Aug 22, 2012 | All, Favorite Posts, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Blog, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Uncategorized

Three Reasons Why Doctors Need To Spend More Time Talking and Listening To Their Patients

Aug 13, 2012 | All, Cost & Cost Savings, Cost & Savings Blog, Favorite Posts, Passive Sick Role, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Blog, Patient Preferences, Patient preferences Blog, Patient Trust, Patient Trust Blog, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Physician Attitudes, Physician Attitudes Graphic, Physician-Patient Communications, Physician-Patient Communications Blog, Physician-Patient Relationship, Quality, Quality Blog

Since most physicians probably will not be able to get beyond the first couple of lines of this post without yelling at the monitor...I will get to the 3 reasons…and if you stick with me …I’ll present my case for why they are so important. Your visits will be more...

Patient-Centered Communications – Does “Lack of Time” Justify Physician Reluctance To Adopt It?

Jul 23, 2012 | All, Favorite Posts, Lack of Time To Communicate, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Blog, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Uncategorized

I talk with lot of physicians about the need to improve the quality of communications between physicians and patients. Regular followers of my work will know that I am an advocate for the adoption of patient-centered communication skills by the physician and...

Three Reasons Why Patients Think Doctors Need To Be Better Listeners

Jun 11, 2012 | Favorite Posts, Patient Perspective, Patient Perspective Blog, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Physician-Patient Communications, Physician-Patient Communications Blog, Physician-Patient Relationship

A recent qualitative study (structured interviews) of patients conducted at McGill University School of Medicine underscores the importance of listening in physician-patient interactions. In this study, patients were asked to identify the qualities of a good...

Engaging Patients In Care Planning – What Providers Say And How They Say It Matters

Jun 4, 2012 | All, Favorite Posts, Lack of Time To Communicate, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Blog, Patient Perspective, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Uncategorized

The following is s post by Carolyn Thomas, a fellow 2012 Stanford Medicine X e-patient scholar, which she wrote for her award-winning blog Heart Sisters. Imagine that your daughter is preparing for a junior ski race. It’s five minutes before the start of the race....

Is Lack Of Patient Engagement Really The Problem Today?

May 22, 2012 | All, Favorite Posts, Passive Sick Role, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Blog, Patient Perspective, Patient Perspective Blog, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Physician Attitudes, Physician Attutudes Blog, Physician-Patient Communications, Physician-Patient Communications Blog

Everywhere you turn in the health care literature these days we are told how physicians need to do a better job getting patients engaged in their own health. But is lack of patient engagement really the problem? If Patients Are In Their Doctor's Office They Are...

Looking For A Way To Engage Patients In Behavior Change? Try “Storytelling”

Feb 15, 2011 | Favorite Posts, Patient Activation, Patient Engagement, Patient Experience Blog, Patient Perspective, Patient Trust, Patient-centered Communications, Physician-Patient Relationship

My wife had just finished meeting with her medical oncologist for her bi-annual check-up at MD Anderson’s Thoracic Clinic. We were sitting in an area called “the Park” rehashing what her doctor had said when a mother and her daughter sat down at our table. There...

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Would Increased Reimbursement And Longer Visits Improve Physician-Patient Communications?

Patient Engagement – Here’s Why It’s So Hard For Health Care Providers

Three Reasons Why Doctors Need To Spend More Time Talking and Listening To Their Patients

Patient-Centered Communications – Does “Lack of Time” Justify Physician Reluctance To Adopt It?

Three Reasons Why Patients Think Doctors Need To Be Better Listeners

Engaging Patients In Care Planning – What Providers Say And How They Say It Matters

Is Lack Of Patient Engagement Really The Problem Today?

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