Credit: Getty Images Improving the quality of patients’ health care decisions is feasible with the right educational tools. Something about focusing on hitting a bouncy yellow tennis ball just right ...

Shared decision-making enhances patients’ engagement in their care and can result in improved outcomes and reduced costs, according to a perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine. While ...

When patients pay the same no matter the health care option they choose, there’s no incentive for them to make judicious ...

The 2023 UHCDA is intended to supersede its predecessor, the 1993 Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (1993 Act). The 1993 Act acknowledged the right of an individual to make decisions about their own ...

Empathy, education, and shared decision-making are crucial for enhancing respiratory care communication. Culturally sensitive, individualized communication and patient expertise are vital for ...

Shared decision-making in healthcare, in which patients and providers share information and jointly make decisions based on the individual needs of the patient, requires a significant investment, ...

With an artificial intelligence-powered medical search and decision support platform, the health system's physicians can access the latest clinical evidence for use in patient care.

National Healthcare Decisions Day serves as a vital platform for advocating and promoting the importance of advance care planning in healthcare. This annual observance aims to raise awareness about ...

“Decision-making is a critical component of health care delivery, but the number of therapies available can be overwhelming to patients, preventing them from making fully informed care decisions,” the ...

I’ve grown weary of the public continuing to rate nurses as the most trusted profession (annual Gallup polls every year of this decade except 2001 when fire fighters understandably led the ratings), ...

A new bill making its way through the state House Committee on Communications and Technology aims to address how artificial intelligence is being used in health care. House Bill 1925 would set ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront series, Provider Prices in the Commercial Sector, featuring analysis and discussion of physician, hospital, and other health care provider ...