Communicating bad news to patients is one of the most stressful and challenging clinical tasks for any physician, regardless of his or her specialty. Delivering bad news to a patient or their close ...

Communicating bad news to patients is a challenging task that demands sufficient time to allow for an honest discussion that minimizes patient distress and responds to the patient's and family's ...

At some point during their practice, most clinicians will need to impart to their patients some bad news about a medical situation. But how can doctors deliver this in the most effective and ...

A new HFMA report diagnoses the healthcare industry as being in "serious condition," providing a link between declining national affordability and rising patient bad debt and collection costs facing ...

Troy Roth, vice president of revenue-cycle product strategy for MedAssets, discusses how hospitals can calculate how much is owed by patients with high-deductible policies. Troy Roth: More patients ...

Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial of 6% Miltefosine Solution, a Topical Chemotherapy in Cutaneous Metastases From Breast Cancer PURPOSE: The purpose of this investigation ...

Big Decisions on Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Focus on Clinical Care Updates and Patient Perspectives Communication in oncology was challenging long before the emergence of the US 21st Century Cures Act.