There is a palpable tension eating away at the doctor-patient relationship. Doctors are over-capacity. Patients are under-informed and lack the confidence needed to properly self-advocate for their ...

Doctors who've faced the disease themselves share candid lessons about empathy, medical bias, and the humanity of care.

SANTA CLARA, California — Software programs can encourage communication between doctors and patients, reducing costs and improving outcomes, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs say. "Patients are more ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Artificial intelligence is transforming multiple sectors, and Mercy Cedar Rapids is harnessing the technology to transcribe doctor-patient interactions. The tool is called ...

Dr. Alok Patel hopes to get patients to fess up on bad behavior. — -- April Fool’s is here and everyone has a get-out-of-free card for the most inventive lie. Aside from the holiday of hoax, most ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael L. Millenson writes about healthcare as a skeptical optimist. Shared decision-making between doctors and patients may be ...

A professor led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider's history-taking and physical exam were the main drivers of spinal pain patients' ...

Physicians have worked to earn the trust of their patients for nearly 2,400 years, dating back to the days of Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine. Lucky for Hippocrates that his patients ...

Wacky doctors like Gregory House only look and sound cool on paper and the television screen. In reality, dealing with a rude ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Medical training is designed to mold students into doctors ...