Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have developed a tool to test how well a doctor delivers patient-centered care by assessing whether medical students have learned and are ...

NEW ORLEANS ― Evaluating a patient's capacity to make decisions about his or her personal healthcare can present a significant challenge for physicians, but evaluating intoxicated patients has its own ...

Routine and ongoing surveillance of patients’ PCC experiences could inform quality improvement initiatives aimed not only at enhancing patients’ experiences with care but also at improving health ...

Virtual Molecular and Precision Medicine Clinic to Improve Access to Clinical Trials for Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer: An Academic/Community Collaboration While the use of electronic patient ...

Background: Physician employment by hospitals and healthcare systems has become a growing phenomenon in America. Also the emphasis on improving patient care quality is receiving increasing attention.

A University of Colorado Cancer Center leader co-chaired an international expert panel that drafted new global guidelines for conducting geriatric assessments of older people with cancer in parts of ...

A young female hospital patient lies in bed while attached to a medical transfusion device in a London medical clinic. Health technology assessment (HTA) entities adopt different value frameworks as a ...

Drs Zeidan and Fazal share their opinions on setting appropriate goals for treatment of patients with MDS. Ryan Haumschild, PharmD, MS, MBA: Let’s talk a little more about the management of ...

This article is part of a Health Affairs Forefront short series, “Enhancing Value By Evaluating Health Care Services.” The series discusses ways to extend the use of tools for clinical and economic ...

—After ruling out seizure mimics and seizures caused by an acute trigger, the remaining patients with unprovoked seizure require a further assessment. Here are some details. Reviewed by Aaron Miller, ...

While high-dose chemotherapy and autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) can deepen remissions and improve outcomes for multiple myeloma, these treatments come with significant risks, ...