For years, Americans have had mixed opinions regarding the efficacy and benefits of receiving vaccinations, including the influenza vaccine. Some studies have noted that a common reason why patients ...

Helping patients find a clinician who is experienced with sickle cell disease can have many positive benefits, a new study noted. A new study published Friday suggests that a negative perception of ...

The results show that longer visit lengths are associated with higher patient perceptions of a clinician's empathy. This is consistent with previous research that shows that time is an important ...

Next phase patient experience focuses on clear communication and care coordination to improve satisfaction and outcomes in hospitals.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Glaucoma remains a leading cause of blindness in the United States despite the availability of effective ...

In a recent study posted to medRxiv*, a team of researchers characterized individual-level illness perception, both cognitive and emotional, following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Study: ...

Several areas of discordance were observed, including contributing causes for delay in diagnosis, with patients perceiving extended wait times as a significant contributing factor. Patients were ...

Patients with alopecia areata (AA) often perceive their hair loss as more severe than dermatologists do, leading to increased emotional and social problems. This study highlights the importance of ...

Effective care coordination (CC) is a hallmark of a high-quality cancer care. However, efforts to improve cancer care delivery are limited by the lack of a clinically useful tool to assess CC. In this ...

Utilization of Antineoplastic Agents and Medicare Spending in Elderly Patients With Extensive-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer Between 2001 and 2013 Patients with breast, colorectal, or head and neck ...

Sir, I read with interest B.Littler's letter 'Phantom Bite revisited' (BDJ 2005, 198: 149). Dr. Litter quite rightly states that we should focus on the cause, which is clenching and the lack of ...

Longitudinal PRO modeling, rather than time-to-worsening censoring, indicated maintained HRQOL and pain outcomes with ...