Fixing patient no-show problem requires effective communication strategies to reduce missed appointments and improve healthcare revenue and ...

An Ohio State University survey of 1,004 individuals showed 72%, 69% and 66% were unaware that knee, groin or thigh pain, respectively, can be a sign of hip osteoarthritis.“Most patients do not equate ...

As consumerism continues to reshape the healthcare landscape, healthcare practices should be looking inward to discover how they can better meet patient demands. Patient wait times are a frequent bone ...

Dismiss a Problem? Patient in 10 Safe Steps Most clinicians have dealt with a dissatisfied or noncompliant patient. But how do you end the relationship without putting yourself at risk? Providers may ...

Patient satisfaction is an important part of hospital operations, but hospital leaders should consider the nuances of measuring patient experience before acting on survey results, according to a blog ...

The following is a guest post from Mark LaRow, CEO of patient matching company Verato. For more than two decades, HIPAA has protected a patient’s rights to his or her medical records. But a patient’s ...

NEW YORK – A new study from Colorado shows surgery on the wrong body part, or even the wrong patient, is still a problem. Insurance records show that among some 27,000 adverse events reported by ...

Skid Row marks a 40- to 50-block area in downtown Los Angeles where streets are lined with tents and tarps, and living conditions are far from sanitary. Once meant to serve as a destination for ...

The democratization of opinion is the dominant social meme of the 21 st Century. Driven by the power of the internet and social media, the opinion of everyman, thus aggregated, dominates ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Most of the issues associated with patient record matching stem from a lack of standards and ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A day after Maplewood police say a patient attacked four nurses, we're hearing from others saying violence in the workplace is a more general problem for Minnesota nurses. The ...