Patient Experience

Patients diagnosed with cancer want their physicians to ask them where they prefer to receive end-of-life care, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

In today’s value-based, consumer-driven world, patients think of themselves as customers, and they expect to be treated as such.

The National Institute for Mental Health reports around one in five Americans experience a mental illness or disorder in a given year, but many do not make regular mental health checkups a part of their preventive care, according to NBC News.

Two health experts debated whether providers should ask all patients about their sexual orientation after the National Health Service of England released guidelines late last year arguing these questions could improve services for non-heterosexual patients. The debate was part of…

Government-endorsed limited access to affordable contraception is not acceptable for patients with potentially life-threatening pregnancies, argued Scott Shainker, DO, a high-risk obstetrician at Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, in a Harvard Health blog post.

Transitions of care are a huge pain point for healthcare organizations. This is especially true for high-risk, often elderly patients who frequently move between different medical facilities and levels of care.

Over the holidays, some of the most popular gifts were home assistants like the Amazon Echo and Google Home. At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, there were demonstrations of how a tool like the Amazon Echo could cross-over…

Joint replacement patients who experience a one-on-one education session with a physical therapist and access to a web-based education reach postoperative physical therapy milestones faster than individuals without these resources, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Orthopaedics…

As competitors continue to arise, it is important to keep customers and patients at the forefront of many strategic decisions.

A committee of Montana lawmakers met for the first time Wednesday to find solutions for consumers looking for the best healthcare deals. Gisele Grayson, a health editor at NPR in Washington, D.C., explored reasons patients struggle to find transparency in…