Search Tag: medical care
2022 22 Sep
Trust is one of the most essential and fundamental parts of a doctor-patient relationship. Establishing and maintaining trust with the physician is known to lead to positive patient health outcomes.For example, it can help to reduce patient stress, increase patient satisfaction and increase the placebo response. A research team,from the University...Read more
2022 09 May
It’s 2022 and public health is undergoing an unprecedented digital transformation. It’s a road already taken before Covid-19, but during the first quarter of 2020 in the U.S. telehealth visits increased by 154% (CDC, 2020). If you are in a business in the healthcare industry , you probably feel the pressure to provide or use technology that works...Read more
2020 03 Aug
Adaora Okoli is a medical doctor working to strengthen health systems in low-income communities and achieve equitable access to health for all. In 2014, she contracted the Ebola Virus Disease while treating a patient in Nigeria and had to fight for her own life. Since then she has been an advocate for survivors, universal health coverage and global...Read more
2017 20 Jul
Policymakers in the U.S. have recently focused their efforts on replacing the Affordable Care Act, failing to consider the need to transform the country's healthcare delivery system. Two prominent physician leaders urge the government and lawmakers to take a hard look at the doctor-patient relationship and transform how medical care is structured,...Read more
2017 01 May
More than providing medical care, a better way to treat chronically homeless patients may be to provide them with a roof over their heads. An Illinois hospital's housing initiative has been successful in reducing the number of emergency visits made by homeless patients. Now a hospital in New York City is about to launch a similar initiative for low-income...Read more