Motivational interviewing can help patients take a step towards better health. For patients who are reluctant to make changes, try motivational interviewing to help them set goals. As providers, we ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Motivational interviewing, a conversational style designed to "strengthen a person's motivation and commitment to change," is more than just a technique, according to Auguste Fortin ...

SOMERSET, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Formedic, the nation’s leading provider of patient record forms, introduces the Medical History Questionnaire (www.FormedicMHQ.com), a free, easy-to-use electronic ...

The surge in healthcare consumerism is empowering patients with more autonomy and choices than ever when it comes to “shopping around for care.” In fact, industry research shows approximately 30% of ...

Dartmouth medical student Nsomma Alilonu and Professor Thomas Thesen test the interactive voice component on their AI Patient Actor app, which allows students to practice talking to a simulated ...

Sometimes patients’ anger comes from a sense of entitlement. These patients can be manipulative and play on our guilt. We often respond by getting angry ourselves or wanting to “put them in their ...

I appreciate Laura Landro's excellent "Informed Patient" column "Teaching Doctors How to Interview" (Personal Journal, Sept. 21). Let's be honest. When it comes to communication, doctors fall into one ...

The way the MintHealth platform is designed to function is through the Vidamint token. Through this, MintHealth sets out to tackle two fundamental problems in healthcare today. First is the lack of a ...

Editor’s Note: On July 31, JAMA Network published the results of a survey that found patients’ trust in doctors and hospitals dropped 31 percentage points from April 2020 to January 2024. The findings ...