Improving clinical outcomes and enhancing patient experience are closely related health care objectives. However, while clinical outcomes lend themselves to measurement, quantifying how an individual patient experiences symptoms or a loss of function can be more challe...

 What kills people today is chronic disease. Unless we change our health system to focus on chronic diseases, and have contact with patients throughout their lives rather than just waiting for them to get sicker, we’re going to keep having this disconnect.
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A leading neuroscientist on why sleep deprivation is increasing our risk of cancer, heart attack, and Alzheimer’s – and what you can do about it.

Matthew Walker has learned to dread the question “What do you do?” At parties, it signals the end of his evening; thereafter...

Beginning in 2019, Americans will no longer need to make 30 phone calls to figure out how much it will cost to deliver a baby or get an X-ray. According to Newsweek, a new federal rule will require hospitals across the country to list their prices online beginning on J...

In September 2016, my husband, Bob Hassmiller, fell off his bicycle and spent the last 10 days of his life in the ICU. While advances in medical technology have undoubtedly improved care and extended lives, the machines that kept him alive made me feel distanced from t...

One way to provide exceptional patient experiences in physical therapy clinics is to use interactive technology.

There are many interactive patient care technologies that use real-time information to engage patients and provide them with better service and information....