The American Academy of Nursing is calling on nurses to better support patient education and patient health literacy as a part of the organization’s annual policy brief.
“Health literacy...
Questions about patient sexual orientation or gender identity likely will not harm patient-provider communication, according to new research from the Mayo Clinic. Instead, these questions can better...
As social media continues to permeate the healthcare space, providers are increasingly creating their own professional profiles to connect with patients and offer better patient education. It is...
Family practice clinicians spend more time documenting on the EHR than they do directly with their patients, underscoring a lapse in the patient-provider relationship, shows a study published in Family...
Cultural and language barriers keep patients and providers from building strong relationships, posing considerable obstacles to a positive patient experience, according to research published in the...
As healthcare continues to take a consumer-centric turn, patient needs have evolved. Patients are not simply looking to visit their doctors to cure a disease, and now also want a positive...
In an increasingly consumer-driven healthcare landscape, improving patient satisfaction and creating a positive hospital experience are critical goals. Nurses play a huge role in achieving those...
Patient and clinician biases and judgements can have a considerable impact on patient care, between how patients access care to patient-provider relationships, according to a recent WebMD survey.
The...
Creating a community health program — a county farm to table project or subsidized housing system — is not something healthcare organizations and their partners are required to do. And yet...
Meaningful patient-provider interactions are at the heart of a valuable clinical encounter, allowing providers to fully engage patients in the healthcare experience. But in an increasingly diverse...
Motivational interviewing is a patient engagement strategy geared toward overcoming a significant challenge in patient care: convincing a patient to make a health behavior change.
“A central...
Using nurse communication to deliver compassionate care is a high priority in the healthcare industry, especially considering the unique impact nurses have on the patient experience.
Nurse empathy and...
Nurses can add an easy-to-implement patient communication strategy to their tool belts, according to a recent study. Research published in the Patient Experience Journal shows that nurses who sit down...
As healthcare continues to embrace patient-centered care strategies, industry stakeholders have begun to focus on improving the patient experience.
Per the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality...
Communication between patients and providers is a pillar of good patient engagement strategy, and social media is presenting new opportunities to promote that.
As a solid Twitter bio or Facebook...