Bedside Manner and Compassion This week’s topic is closely connected to what we discussed in last week’s blog. If you missed it, feel free to click here and catch up. All of the topics touched on last week (trust, honesty, Read More
Trust, Honesty and Effective Communication I consider myself to be a pretty decent mom, but there is that one time of year I have my doubts. It’s almost every September when I take my children to their well checkups and Read More
The Hippocratic Oath Chances are if you’re reading this article, you have most likely heard the expression, “First, do no harm” and have maybe even dedicated your life’s work to upholding these words. It derives from the Latin phrase, “primum Read More
Patient Engagement As we continue our multi-week series called What Patients Really Want, I must admit the topic we’re covering this week, patient engagement, is especially intriguing to me for a couple of reasons. One: there’s mass amounts of research Read More
A New Point of View This week we continue our series, What Patients Really Want. As part of this series, I would like to introduce to you this week’s guest author, Amanda Gilchrist. Amanda is, in my best estimation, an Read More
This week for our Thinking Thursday TIPs we’re starting a new multi-week series called “What Patients Really Want.” It’s no surprise to anyone that we’re living in a day and age of consumerism. What may be new is how rapidly Read More