New York City-based digital health incubator Blueprint Health has announced its sixth class of startups, a lineup that includes seven groups developing mobile tools to help doctors, researchers, and ...

Doctors who've faced the disease themselves share candid lessons about empathy, medical bias, and the humanity of care.

Earlier this month, a newer patient came in to see me for a check-up and discussion about her extremely high cholesterol level. In her late 50s with a family history of early-age heart attack, she was ...

Sitting at a patient's bedside is one of the behaviors associated with better doctor-patient communication, patient satisfaction, and trust. During a busy day of consultations, however, it can be ...

Online medical communities are transforming healthcare, and a new study in Decision Sciences, a leading research journal, explores how physicians' choices of communication medium impacts patient ...

A professor led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider's history-taking and physical exam were the main drivers of spinal pain patients' ...

Hui Sang Yun is Co-founder and CEO at Endo Health. Medical doctor turned engineer, backed by General Catalyst and a16z speedrun. The patient-doctor relationship is broken. Over 30% of clinic time is ...

Fixing patient no-show problem requires effective communication strategies to reduce missed appointments and improve healthcare revenue and ...

Communication professor Charee Thompson, right, and graduate student Junhyung Han led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider’s history-taking and ...