Patients

Healing Health Care

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Hospitals, Patients, Insurance, Illness, Health, Healthcare, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

In his interview, Dr. Soon-Shiong raises the need for more integrated health care with the patient at the center and focus on the cost of not doing so vs. the current focus on what things cost.

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Get Your Doctor to Stop Using Medical Jargon

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Jargon, Doctors, Medical Jargon, Health Literacy, Patients, Medical Language, Doctor Patient Relationship, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Health News, Healthy Living News
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.

Physicians do a terrible job at assessing a patient's health literacy. We are educating a new generation of doctors and nurses to use plain language, but in the meantime there are some steps you can take so you don't fall into the same trap that I did.

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The Millennial Patient

Bogdan Rau | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Patients, Health Care, Patient Care, Health, Health Records Access, Patient Records Access, Access to Health Records, Patient Health Records, Health News, Healthy Living News
Bogdan Rau

In times when I keep track of my finances online, reconnect with old friends online, purchase goods online and go to the movies, you guessed it... online, it's absolutely astounding how it's still rare for me to be able to get my lab results at the click of a mouse.

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Why Can't Doctors Hear Me?

Nancy K. Humphreys | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Doctor-Patient Communication, Doctor Patient Relationship, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Doctors, Personal Health, Patients, Doctor Patient Communication, Healthy Living News
Nancy K. Humphreys

Doctors have created dictionaries full of terms, in Latin no less, to talk to each other about medical issues. Why on earth can't they come up with a list of terms in English, words they trust patients can use to tell them exactly what feels wrong with us?

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What's In a Name: What Should Patients and Doctors Call Each Other?

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Doctors, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Doctor Patient Communication, Patient Attituides, Patients, Informality in Health Care, Personal Health, Doctor Patient Relationship, Health Care, Healthy Living News
Richard C. Senelick, M.D.

The doctor/patient relationship is highly personal and complex. The physician must maintain a professional rapport and the patient's dignity, respect the person's privacy, and convey an impression of competence.

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Can We Get the Government Out of Our Exam Room?

Ami Bera, MD | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Congress, Ami Bera, Darrell Issa, Contraception, Doctors, Oath of Office, Dan Lungren, Patients, Blunt Amendment, Health Care, Women's Rights, Birth Control, Birth Control Mandate, Contraception Mandate, Women's Health, 112th Congress, Politics News
Ami Bera, MD

Members of Congress take an oath when they are sworn in as elected leaders. They swear to uphold the Constitution, and to defend it against all enemies. But nowhere in their oath of office are they required to protect the medical health and well-being of their constituents.

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Is Michael Graves the James Dyson of Healthcare?

Rosina Samadani | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Wounded Warrior, Mobility, Dyson Vacuum, Architecture, Design, Target, Innovation, Michael Graves, Target Stores, Patients, Charles Osgood, Social Media Week NY, Bacterial-Meningitis, Cbs, Saatchi and Saatchi, Velcro, Social Media, Richard-H-Driehaus-Prize, Social Media Week, Stryker, Hospitals, Rehabilitation, Healthcare, James Dyson, Business News
Rosina Samadani

Michael Graves has noticed the deficit in understanding in the design of hospital rooms -- including layout, bathrooms, and even décor, and the tremendous need in assistive devices for patients.

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Big Pharma Is Innovating With Social Media -- Really

Rosina Samadani | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Ginger.io, West Wireless Health, Open Data, Apps, Crowdsourcing, Pfizer, Innovation, Sanofi-Aventis, Patients, iPhone Apps, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Pharmaceutical Companies, Social Media, Pharmaceutical Industry, Diabetes, True Ventures, Technology, Health Care, Business News
Rosina Samadani

When big pharma leverages technology, open data and social media to develop innovative patient-facing apps, it's a win to the fourth power.

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Top Ten Cannabis Science Stories of 2011

Russ Belville | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Cannabinoids, Legalizing Marijuana, Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, Glioma, Addiction, Medical Marijuana, Gateway Drug, Teen Marijuana Use, Patients, Ask Obama, Drug Testing, Legalization of Marijuana, Drug Czar, Cancer, Per Se DUID, Pain Relief, Pain Killers, Impairment, Medical Marijuana States, Cannabis Science, Dui, Leap, Carbon Footprint, Oxycodone, Opioids, Urine Testing, Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, Oxycontin, Cannabis Karri, Medical Marijuana Program, Marijuana Legalization, Marijuana Arrests, Green News
Russ Belville

Today we continue our Year-End Retrospective with a look at the biggest news stories of scientific research into cannabis, public opinion polls on legalization, and statistical research on cannabis consumers.

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How to Woo a Doctor

Aisling Carroll | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Doctors and Patients, Doctors, Chronic Illness, Ovarian Cancer, Patients, Women's Health, Women News
Aisling Carroll

Wanting to be that special patient who crowds the doctor's thoughts, I engage in everything from mild flirtation to outrageous baking.

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Patients Deserve to Know

ProPublica | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Companies, Dollars for Docs, Medtronic, Health Care Reform, Drugs, Doctors, Patients, Pfizer, Healthy Living News
ProPublica

By Tracy Weber, and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica Your doctor gives you an expensive new drug to control your cholesterol, or recommends a certain br...

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Promoting Life Skills Early: Lessons From Stanford, UCLA, And Harvard

Ellen Galinsky | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Multiple Mini Interview, Medical School, Doctors, Global Economy, Ellen Galinsky, Patients, Life Skills, Ethics, College News
Ellen Galinsky

Top universities are now screening applicants for competence in life skills as a part of the ticket for admission.

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Taking Charge Of Your Own Health Care

Dr. Cindy Haines | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Dr. Cindy Haines, Better Health, The New Prescription, Health Care Workforce, Personal Health, Personal Health Care, Health Advocacy, Patients, Health Care, Dr. Cynthia Haines, Healthy Living News
Dr. Cindy Haines

Doctors and other providers can offer tools that help you stave off disease and stay healthy, like medications, surgery and other treatments. But oftentimes, you're the one who has to make sure these tools work.

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Aging And The Mind-Body Disconnect

Rev. Amy Ziettlow | Posted 07.29.2011

Read More: Elderly, Hospice, Fall Prevention, Aging, Caregiving, Patients, Home, Mind-Body Disconnect Elderly, Elderly Falls, Mind-Body Disconnect Aging, Healthy Living, Death & Dying, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Rev. Amy Ziettlow

In grieving what has been lost, perhaps a space for celebrating the development of new ways of living day by day despite frailty and decline may arise.

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Florida Voter Suppression Bill Toxic for Democracy

Rishi Manchanda | Posted 07.07.2011

Read More: Rick Scott, Physicians, Civic Engagement, Health, Florida, Doctors, Democracy, Patients, Weird Florida, Health Care, Voting, Politics News
Rishi Manchanda

The Florida legislature just passed House Bill 1355, which many civic participation advocates view as part of a worrisome national trend to suppress v...

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A Doctor Who Has Journeyed Through Three Countries and Three Healthcare Systems Speaks Candidly About Ours

Pearl Korn | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Time Magazine, Veterans Administration, Health Insurance, Single Payer, Patients, Wall Street Journal, Ukraine, Canada, The Economist, Primary Care, Affordable Care Act, American Medical Association, Doctors, Medicare, Medicaid, Soviet Union, Politics News
Pearl Korn

There is little time in an office visit to experience a true doctor/patient relationship these days, for time is money as insurers squeeze every nickel they can out of a billing. This is not true in Dr. Rogova's office, however.

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Medical Malpractice: The Rights of the Harmed

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Politics, Rep Gingrey, Courts, Medical Malpractice, Medical Errors, Patients, Damages, Amputation, Lawsuit, Politics News
Lisa Gilbert

The ability to bring your grievances to a jury of your peers faces a very real challenge, as corporations and politicians seek to take away this critical right.

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Anti-Health Care Republicans Officially Receive Taxpayer-Funded Coverage

Rep. Joe Courtney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics News, Politics, Congress, Joe Courtney, Connecticut, Health Care Reform, Patients, Health Care Repeal, Health Care, Bill Frist, Pre-Existing-Condition, Affordable Care Act, Politics News
Rep. Joe Courtney

Today, Republican Members of Congress who ran on a platform of repealing health care and patients' rights for millions of Americans officially began receiving their own Congressional health insurance.

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As a Doctor, How Do I Prescribe Repeal?

Rishi Manchanda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Prevention, John Boehner, Health Care Reform, Doctors, Patients, Health Care Repeal, Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Healthcare, Politics News
Rishi Manchanda

For those of us on the frontlines of health care, the upcoming House effort to repeal and replace last year's health care law is opportunity lost.

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It's Time to Call Their Bluff: "Defensive Medicine" Is a Fraud

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Defensive Medicine, Medical Malpractice, Fraud, Lamar Smith, Medicaid, Medicare, Patients, Medicine, Congressional Budget Office, Malpractice Reform, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

Even when you remove litigation as a factor, the extent of tests and procedures that are ordered do not change. Enacting "tort reform" will continue to fail as a solution to this country's health care problems.

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Open Letter to Hospital Compliance Officers: Questions to Ask as Standards Enter Pilot Phase

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Language Access, Interpretation, Medical Interpreter, Interpreter Training, Politics News, Asl, Limited English Proficiency, Hard-of-Hearing, Patient Care, Health, Joint Commission, Patients, Contractor, Hospitals, American Sign Language, Government, Language Barrier, Language, Patient-Centered Communication, Healthcare Provider, Dialect, Translation, Deaf, Healthcare, Sign Language, Spanish, Home News
Louis Provenzano

New and revised Joint Commission requirements for language and interpretation standards took effect this month on a year-long pilot basis for healthca...

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State of Oregon First to Adopt National Certification for Medical Interpreters

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Language Access, Interpretation, Russian, National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters, Oregon Office of Multicultural Health & Services, Vietnamese, Interpreters, Oregon, Limited English Proficiency, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Lep, Language Barrier, International Medical Interpreter Association, English, Language, Patients, Multicultural, Health, Korean, Medical Interpreters, Healthcare, Imia, Cmi, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters announced today that the State of Oregon has become the first state in the nation to offi...

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Personalized Medicine Is Becoming a Reality

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dna, Individualize, Genomic Testing, Side Effects, Diagnostics, Cedars Sinai, Patients, Los Angeles, Personalized Medicine, Dr. Braunstein, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Personalized medicine has been making steady advances with researchers and physicians, and perhaps a bigger indicator, is now influencing the business model of major drug companies.

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Introducing Medical Gift Registry for Patients (VIDEO)

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Medical Treatment, Medical Bills, Patients, Wellness, Patient Care, Bills, Video, Healthy Living News
Halle Tecco

Since entering remission a little over four years ago, Diem Brown has been working on a medical gift registry MedGift.com.

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Hospitals Must Overcome Language Barriers to Save Lives, Cut Costs

Louis Provenzano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patient-Centered Communication, Language, Limited English Proficiency, Health, Language Barrier, Medical Error, Hospitals, Language Access, Medical Interpreter, Spanish, Patients, Joint Commission, Translation, Patient Care, Interpretation, Politics News
Louis Provenzano

More than 60 million people - about one in five legal U.S. residents - speak a language other than English at home, and it's not all Spanish, with mor...

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