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We Stop Being A “Person” And Become A “Patient” When We Walk Into The Exam Room At The Doctor’s Office

Jun 22, 2015 | Asks Questions, Favorite Posts, Passive Sick Role, Patient Engagement, Patient Perspective, Patient Preferences, Patient Trust, Patient-centered Communications, Physician Attitudes, Physician-Driven/Paternalistic Communication, Physician-Patient Communications, Physician-Patient Relationship

We all play many roles in life .... spouse, employee, sibling, parent, friend, customer, and so on. Each of these roles brings with it its' own unique set of expectations (self-imposed as well as externally imposed - can you say spouse) for how we are supposed to...

Listen To Your Patient And They Will Tell You The Problem – A True Story

Jan 20, 2015 | Favorite Posts, Patient Perspective, Patient-centered Communications, Physician Attitudes, Uncategorized

Readers of Mind the Gap, I apologize for my absence in recent months. As you will see from my latest post, I have been away with my wife as she is dealing with a serious recurrence of her lung cancer. Our recent experiences continue to underscore the need for...

Ten Reasons Why Hospitals, Health Plans And Medical Groups Should Invest In Developing Their Physicians’ Patient-Centered Communication Skills

May 30, 2013 | All, Communication & Cost, Cost & Cost Savings, Favorite Posts, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Blog, Patient Experience, Patient Experience Blog, Patient Preferences, Patient preferences Blog, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Physician Attitudes

"Patients are, in fact, overly patient; they put up with unnecessary discomforts and grant their doctors the benefit of every doubt, until deficiencies in care are too manifest to be overlooked. Generally speaking, one can assume that the quality of care is,...

Shared Decision Making – Not Ready For Prime Time – Nor Evidently Is Patient-Centered Care

Apr 8, 2013 | Favorite Posts, Lack of Time To Communicate, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Physician Attitudes, Physician Attutudes Blog, Shared Decision Making, Shared Decision making Blog

When it comes to delivering truly patient-centered care…how are providers supposed to know when they have “arrived”? According to Michael Berry, MD, President of the Informed Medical Decisions Foundation, providers will know they have achieved the “pinnacle of...

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...

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...

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...

Is “Lack Of Time” Really Why So Many Physicians Are Poor Communicators?

Mar 1, 2010 | Favorite Posts, Lack of Time To Communicate, Physician Attitudes, Physician Attutudes Blog, physician-Patient Communication Graphic, Physician-Patient Communications, Uncategorized

If "lack of time" is the chief barrier to better (aka patient-centered) physician-patient communications, it logically follows that longer patient appointments are the solution. Ok…lets’ say that I could wave a magic wand and add 5 or even 10 more minutes to the...

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Physician Attitudes

We Stop Being A “Person” And Become A “Patient” When We Walk Into The Exam Room At The Doctor’s Office

Listen To Your Patient And They Will Tell You The Problem – A True Story

Ten Reasons Why Hospitals, Health Plans And Medical Groups Should Invest In Developing Their Physicians’ Patient-Centered Communication Skills

Shared Decision Making – Not Ready For Prime Time – Nor Evidently Is Patient-Centered Care

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

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

Is Lack Of Patient Engagement Really The Problem Today?

Is “Lack Of Time” Really Why So Many Physicians Are Poor Communicators?

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