Patient Experience

Patients who need antibiotic treatment delivered intravenously in the weeks or months after being discharged from the hospital are typically allowed to go home with a medication pump and an open IV tube — and for the first time some…

A physician's gender or race may not influence patient satisfaction ratings in the emergency room, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

While patient hospital gowns serve a number of practical purposes, the psychological effects of donning them may be more harmful than good, a physician argues in an opinion piece in The New York Times.

Up until late last month, nurses at Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital's oncology unit received a flower delivery from an anonymous sender every week for 12 years, reports ABC 15 News.

Neither care quality nor patient survival rates have a significant effect on patient satisfaction ratings, according to a study published in the journal Social Forces.

A dialysis patient in Florida is disappointed he cannot bring a life-sized cutout of President Donald Trump to his dialysis appointments at Fresenius Kidney Care, according to local news outlet WPBF.

Nearly 40 percent of chronic illness patients nearing the end of life who had physician orders limiting treatment received intensive care that was inconsistent with those orders, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Despite the latest Situation Summary from the CDC, which indicates the new coronavirus “is NOT currently spreading in the community in the United States”, some media coverage suggests we should be prepared for a pandemic.

Young children who have suffered severe burn injuries face challenges beyond the clinical and physical after hospital discharge — including going back to school and facing their classmates' curiosity.

Sending digital communications is not a radical, new concept. Most providers use text messages in their appointment reminder processes. However, when it comes to financial communications, 77% of CEOs stated that they still rely on paper as a primary method of communicating…