It's a two-way street—and it's an avenue that will take us to a better healthcare system for all. Unlike most other prescriptions for fixing our healthcare system, the patient takes responsibility for ...

Three months into an extended visit to Taiwan, I was hospitalized for a kidney infection that then spread within a week to my lungs while at the hospital. With my blood oxygen too low, the attending ...

More than 10 years ago, the Institute of Medicine in its landmark report, “To Err is Human,” pointed out that at least 44,000 people, and perhaps as many as 98,000 people, die in hospitals each year ...

Hospitals and health systems, especially larger ones, are using AI in myriad new ways – including leveraging it for improved patient experience, and for better patient engagement with the goal of ...

Health care solution developers design products that make health care organizations efficient and improve patient outcomes – after all, their goal is to make the road to relief as short and easy as ...

Improving physician and nurse communication in the hospital setting is pivotal in achieving a good patient experience. HealthLeaders is helping to celebrate Patient Experience Week! In honor of ...

Improving patient experience scores is a goal for many healthcare organizations — and for good reason. Patient experience is directly tied to patient retention, reimbursement, and in many cases, ...

In the hospital setting, it is imperative for physicians and nurses to work together to boost patient experience. "The reality is that if we work in nursing and physician siloes, we will not get a ...

The team of researchers sought answers to an important question: How often do women in the United States who have preeclampsia — high blood pressure during pregnancy — also experience heart failure, ...

Frustration and impatience: not mentally railing at the car in front of you at the red light, not needing to know right now what your partner or boss found out about X, not rushing when making dinner, ...