Patient Relations

Research conducted in Norway from 2006 to 2019 shows that nearly half of patients consulted their primary care physician about a mental health issue

Physicians need to understand the reasons behind COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy so they can better address it.

Commonwealth Fund analyzes health care systems of wealthy nations and finds U.S. lacking in all but care process.

Study examines physician telehealth use and finds differences by physician sex, age and specialty.

How pharmacist-led medication support could ease physician burden and unlock patient outcomes to drive value-based care performance

Countering apathy with encouragement, and a message for primary care and all physicians from the founder of the advocacy group Vot-ER.

Two experts discuss The Physicians Foundation and its efforts to affect the factors that affect health outside the doctor's office.

Physician founder of Vot-ER discusses health outcomes and reactions when physicians promote voter registration in health care settings.

Witnesses describe dire hospital conditions created by ‘health care terrorists’ as lawmakers rip private equity investors for massive bankruptcy case.

Physician founder of Vot-ER recalls the beginning of a national movement to advance voter registration in health care settings.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

When possible, patients prefer to recover in their own beds instead of hospital beds, according to a new survey. National health care policy needs to catch up to patient need.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

A cognitive psychologist discusses causal beliefs, patient decisions and disclosures, and how those affect health care.

Social health is the key to closing the health literacy gap

Summer 2024 findings from the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

In the future, will physicians use 3D printers to create new tissues for patients? Here’s how bioprinting could affect primary care through treatment of chronic conditions, wounds, organ transplantation, and more.

New measure will be a monumental step forward away from preventable medical harm and toward better patient care.

More investments in technology have not increased patient satisfaction

True primary care is possible through a holistic model to telehealth. So why aren’t more companies embracing it?

How one practice experimented with a new workflow

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

A conversation with Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH.

Why does childbirth in the United States make a woman two times more likely to be in medical debt? Here’s why alternative health plans could be a solution for maternal care and much more.