Patients Physcians Relationships

Patients engagement: what does the buzzword mean

Patients engagement is almost a buzzword. But the meaning varies depending on which side of healthcare system you belong to. The fundamental reason is that patients and physicians have similar but...

Category: doctores and patients, patient engagement, Patients Physcians Relationships, patients take control of their health, social media in healthcare Tags: patients involvment in healthcare, patients surf internet, second oppinion in healthcare, social media in healthcare

Doctors fear of knowledgeable patient: new eHealth blocker

Successful outcome of care as well as patient’s relationships with physicians very much depend on the quantity and quality of information that flows between all the participants of therapeutic process. Despite ...

Category: Continious Medical Education for Patients, culture in healthare, doctores and patients, Doctors know better, eHealth blockers, Medical education for patients, patient centered care, patient centric care, Patient Education, patient engagement, patients are savvy for technology, Patients Physcians Relationships Tags: doctors block technologies, doctros are not ready to engage with patients, eHealth blockers, physicians do not want to share data with patients, physicians doctors do not want to provide patients access to their data

Health for Sale: Business or Public Service?

With all current and future healthcare reforms, there is one fundamental question that underlies them all: is our healthcare just a business or is it a guaranteed service to protect citizens’...

Category: health as a business, health as a service, health for sale, Health Insurance, Healthcare as a business, healthcare as a service, hospital's culture, patient engagement, Patient mistrust physicians, Patient safety, patient satisfaction, Patients, Patients damage, Patients Physcians Relationships, Private Health, Private healthcare, Public Health, Public healthcare Tags: healthcare as a right, healthcare as a service, lack of sympathy for patients, medical errors, Patient damage, private healthcare, Professional indifference in hospitals, public healthcare, Public or Private healhtcare

Can a professional physician be indifferent to patients?

What does it take for a medical professional to express at least the same level of empathy to patients we are accustomed to receive in a civilized environment? And consequently what do patients...

Category: Compassion to patients, Doctors, Doctors know better, Empathy to patients, health as a business, Healthcare as a business, hospital's culture, medical education, Medical professionalism, Patient safety, patient satisfaction, Patients, Patients do not trust doctors, Patients Physcians Relationships, physicians' workload Tags: Compassion to patients, doctors know better, Empathy to patients, lack of sympathy for patients, professional indifference

The approaching wave of consumer wearable devices and applications.

Smart watches, intelligent bands and other gadgets that will calculate the frequency of our heart beat, the number of exercised steps and the quantity of consumed or burned calories are sweeping...

Category: AliveCor, Apple SIRI, Electroencephalography (EEG), glucose lens, Google Fit, Health Intelligent Engine, Health Kit, Health Vault, HealthWatch, Intelligent Engine, Life Watch, mHealth, Microsoft Band, Microsoft Health, Microsoft Health Vault, Mobile Applications, Mobile Apps, Mobile Health, Niturit, non-invasive technology, Novartis, NovioSense, Patient safety, Patients, Patients Physcians Relationships, Samsung Simband, sensors Tags: cardiac irregulations, Medical sensors, mHealth expectations, non-invasive diagnostics, Remote diagnostics, wearable devices

More data for patients – better health?

Continuous medical education for patients : three basic steps to succeed While watching the avalanche of articles describing the benefits of “patients’ empowerment” boosted by personal health records, mobile applications, wearable...

Category: Continuous Medical Education, Doctors, Medical education for patients, Mobile Applications, Mobile Apps, Patient Education, Patient mistrust physicians, Patients, Patients Physcians Relationships, Personal Health Record, PHR Tags: CME, continuous medical education, Continuous medical education for patients, medical education for patients, medical knowledge for patients, patients and education

Why patients distrust physicians?

Have you ever doubt your doctor’s decision? If so, you are not the only one. Even doctors nowadays doubt the efficiency of healthcare system advising patients not to trust physicians “any...

Category: Doctors, health as a business, Healthcare as a business, Medical Errors, medication adherence, medication comliance, Microsoft Health Vault, Misdiagnosis, Patient mistrust physicians, Patient safety, Patients, Patients damage, Patients do not trust doctors, Patients Physcians Relationships, Personal Health Records, Uncategorized Tags: healhtcare as a business, health as a business, medical errors, misdiagnosis, patients distrust doctors, patients physicians relationships, patients trust doctors

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