Over 22 percent of US households speak a language other than English. Because of this, the healthcare industry faces ...

Therapist Rici Bell discussed the importance of healthy communication strategies for mental health in an interview on Therapy Thursday.

New studies reveal that both the public and healthcare providers often overlook social connection as a key factor in physical health, even though loneliness rivals smoking and obesity in health risks.

NPR interviews Maria Van Kherkove, the infectious disease epidemiologist who is a leader in the World Health Organization.

Questioning dubious claims and sharing only verified information not only protects against unsafe behaviors and panic, but it also helps curb the spread of fake health information. At a time when ...

As the health ... and communication are increasingly assessed through the lens of soft skills, empathy, and adaptability rather than traditional academic credentials. The health care industry ...

See online supplementary table S3 for the number of responses to each of the priority topics broken down by main stakeholder group, with example quotes ... culturally safe care) or building health ...

2 School of Health ... centred communication and healthcare providers’ self-reported communications skills, level of empathy, mindfulness and emotional intelligence, and develop a rating scale for ...

Health care communication is highly complex, and high-quality training can help clinicians improve. Such training should be based on sound educational principles and should include abundant ...

“Moving forward, we can build on these results to maximise the impact of future interventions, supporting couples to strengthen their communication skills and, ultimately, improving health outcomes in ...

Advance care planning (ACP) improves quality of care. Motivational interview (MI) is a communication strategy to increase ... outcomes include ACP engagement (knowledge, attitude and skills) and ...

“Health care professionals seeking to enhance their own communication skills may be guided by published reports of communication interventions designed to improve patient safety,” researchers ...