WASHINGTON, DC — Motivational interviewing, a conversational style designed to "strengthen a person's motivation and commitment to change," is more than just a technique, according to Auguste Fortin ...

Have you ever wondered why your colleague was able to get important additional information from your patient, even though you thought you took a good history? We all learned how to ask open-ended ...

Dartmouth medical student Nsomma Alilonu and Professor Thomas Thesen test the interactive voice component on their AI Patient Actor app, which allows students to practice talking to a simulated ...

With two thirds of Americans now overweight or obese, healthcare providers are often in the position of trying to help their patients manage their weight. Different clinical strategies have been ...

(HealthDay News) — Motivational interviewing can be a useful approach for reaching noncompliant patients, according to an article published Jan. 22 in Medical Economics. In this era of health reform ...

When patients visit your practice for the first time, you really don't know much about them. You have no idea what motivates them, what they think about their smile, or their oral health goals. One ...

I appreciate Laura Landro's excellent "Informed Patient" column "Teaching Doctors How to Interview" (Personal Journal, Sept. 21). Let's be honest. When it comes to communication, doctors fall into one ...

Every clinician knows the drill: ask about substance use, sleep, diet, exercise, and housing. The social history is the part ...

The way the MintHealth platform is designed to function is through the Vidamint token. Through this, MintHealth sets out to tackle two fundamental problems in healthcare today. First is the lack of a ...

Editor’s Note: On July 31, JAMA Network published the results of a survey that found patients’ trust in doctors and hospitals dropped 31 percentage points from April 2020 to January 2024. The findings ...

As vice president of quality and patient safety at JFK Medical Center in Edison, Robert Bayly, M.D., draws on everything from the latest scientific research and national guidelines to his experience ...

Jeremy Hunt recently promised that all patients will be able to access their full GP medical records online in the near future. What are your thoughts on this announcement? It's very much in line with ...