Patient Relations

It is time for heath care to leverage technology and patient-focused strategies to alleviate the pressures on primary care physicians.

DPC improves the physician-patient relationship by reducing administrative tasks, removing insurance company middlemen, and focusing on individualized care.

In theory, patients should benefit from drug price discounts negotiated between drug companies and insurers. In reality, they don’t, and a potential solution is stalled in Congress.

Connecting the dots for better patient care starts with better data — faster — for physicians, payers and community resources.

Talking about social drivers of health may help us think differently about how we approach them.

Study finds negative views develop among doctors when patients share views they disagree with.

A specialist in internal medicine and migraines evaluates the practical and financial conditions that are cracking the foundation of health care across the nation.

How physicians can shape health literacy in a TikTok world.

A survey from Carta Healthcare found that patients mostly believe their records are accurate, but do they know how to access them?

Whole-person health underscores the importance of collaboration between primary care physicians and behavioral health professionals, and answers who is accountable when patients express suicidal ideation.

The top news stories in medicine today.

How did COVID-19 affect the rankings?

Providing behavioral health services through primary care can help solve the mental health crisis.

The top news stories in medicine today.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Figure based on 2021 data may be an underestimate, physician says.

America's poorest seniors could soon find it much harder to get the medicines they need.

CDC leaders remind doctors they are the front line clinicians to get shots in arms for fall respiratory illness season.

Watchdog group praises CMS rule with ‘groundbreaking’ measures of patient safety in hospitals.

New rules outline how websites must be accessible to patients with disabilities. Here’s how to comply while improving patient care.

Continuing survey shows decline, but researchers say trust is a complex thing.

American Academy of Physician Associates says patients face health care shortages as American Medical Association suppresses modernization efforts.

Traditional primary care capabilities, when enhanced with existing consumer technologies, can enable a need-based intervention paradigm. The result can be increased outcomes across the quadruple aim of care—reducing the cost of care, enhancing the experience of care, improving health outcomes, and addressing health equities.

AAFP president weighs in on current issues in U.S. health care market.

Patient acquisition costs can quickly cut into your practice's profits.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Doctors once again left behind as Medicare prepares to pay other health care entities more next year.

Novo Nordisk says it is working to make more; FDA warns against too much of a good thing.

Evidence suggests that sitting does not prolong interactions unnecessarily, addressing a common concern among clinicians.

How does value-based care work in a retail clinic setting? Quite well, when partnerships, technology and payment combine to serve patients.