Patient Experience

Diagnostic facilities are the foundation for modern healthcare’s ambitious pursuit of longevity and better health for all.

Volunteers at Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Hospital are serving as around-the-clock companions for patients in their final days of life — an effort to ensure no patient dies alone, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. 

Physicians can better communicate with patients about their diets through motivational interviewing, according to the American Medical Association.

Several recent studies, surveys and hospital initiatives highlight issues in patient-provider communications, ranging from how physicians can talk to patients about death to how physicians and patients view surgical scars differently.

Doximity, an online social networking service for U.S. clinicians, surpassed one million members in 2017, the company announced Feb. 21.

Sonifi Health's interactive patient engagement solutions were associated with a significant jump in HCAHPS scores for nine hospitals over a one-year period, according to a company

Patient engagement is on everyone’s mind these days, or at least it should be.

As medical dramas immerse viewers in tales of hospital-based heroism and tragedy, the line between fact and fiction can often be blurred for real-life patients, resulting in skewed expectations and satisfaction, according to a study published in The BMJ.

For patients who were undergoing an imaging test, 78 percent said they lacked basic information about the procedure before the test occurred, and nearly as many patients reported they wanted more information from their ordering provider, according to a study…

As patient satisfaction and population health become increasingly important factors in the success of healthcare operations, the quality of food service plays a vital but underestimated role in hospitals achieving their primary goals.