Patient Experience

Researchers with Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor have developed a pre-surgical training program for patients, which can concurrently reduce the length of hospital stays and costs associated with inpatient admission.

U.S. online consumers approach their health and health insurance in various ways, and new research from Forrester assesses their knowledge on these issues.

Boston Children's Hospital began phase two of its patient engagement collaboration with GetWellNetwork, a provider of interactive patient care solutions.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a technology contract to Halfaker and Associates, an Arlington, Va.-based federal government solutions provider.

Planetree International, a nonprofit that partners with healthcare organizations to make care more patient-centered, received the 2017 Consumers and Patients for Quality Award from National Quality Forum Wednesday for its patient and family engagement efforts.

The rise of transportation companies Uber and Lyft has spurred a new trend: Millions of Americans now use the on-demand ride apps to get themselves to the emergency room instead of ambulances, reports STAT.

Patients in hospitals in and around the Bay Area in California, like Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, are benefitting from "upcycled" unused flowers thanks to Random Acts of Flowers Silicon Valley.

Misconceptions regarding medicine and health are common and often become deeply entrenched in culture, highlighting the need for fact-based healthcare education to refute them.

Talk to someone about patient safety these days and you're almost certain to hear a horror story about a hospital-acquired infection. In the media, and in living rooms across the country, staph and other infections are frequently part of the…

In a recent press release, Docent Health, a leading innovator in consumer-centric healthcare experiences, announced the expansion of its Docent services.