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What Do Patients Want? Honesty, Respect, Effective Communications June 2017
My career has included a focus on the value of patient-provider relationship and the value of effective communications. It's great to see continued dialogue [...]
What Do Patients Want? Honesty, Respect, Effective Communications
My career has included a focus on the value of patient-provider relationship and the value of effective communications. It's great to see continued dialogue [...]
Are You a Patient’s “Dream Doctor”? July 2016
A recent article, A Doctor that Every Patient Would Want, by Suneel Dhand, MD, highlights much of what I have been writing and speaking [...]
Neurogenesis: What You Need to Know About Brain Cell Growth and Your GI Symptoms April 2016
In the course of my practice and in my care for my patients, I believe that one of the most important items of information that [...]
Healthcare Disruption Must Include Communications Training for Physicians January 2016
It was refreshing to read this Washington Post article, A Different Kind of Care Package, because it signified to me that future doctors are [...]
Opioid-Induced Narcotic Bowel Syndrome: A Matter of Life and Death December 2015
A recent New York Times piece, How Doctors Helped Drive the Addiction Crisis, highlights a serious problem that I have been researching and speaking [...]
Multi-Dimensional Clinical Profile: What You Need to Know & Why December 2015
Management of patients with functional GI disorders (FGIDs) is one of the most challenging areas of gastroenterology and medicine, and diagnosis is accomplished using [...]
Conversations in IBS-C and CIC: Improving the Patient and Provider Interaction December 2015
If you’re looking to improve your patient communication skills, check out this latest Medscape Education Gastroenterology CME program that Dr. Drossman recently moderated with [...]
How the Internet Can Hinder the Doctor-Patient Relationship March 2015
It is no surprise that many patients take to the internet to search for health information, find support from other people who share similar [...]
Why We Need to Evaluate Doctors for Their Empathy, Not Just Their Technical Skills January 2015
I'm still thinking about an article I read in the New York Times a few weeks ago by Nirmal Joshi, MD, who illuminated a significant challenge [...]