SINGAPORE – Now more than ever, patients are taking their health into their own hands. With the implementation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs), which could be simple questionnaires to ...

Dr. Lamas, a contributing Opinion writer, is a pulmonary and critical care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. My patient’s wife glared at me from across his bed, where she stood ...

Patients who visit hospital-owned doctors' offices are discovering something that could make them feel sick to their stomach: a surprise "facility fee" unrelated to the medical treatment they receive.

In the past two decades, the healthcare industry has undergone a significant transformation. Practices are more focused on enhancing patient engagement to improve patient care outcomes. The U.S.

Re “My Patient Was Making a Fatal Decision, and I Couldn’t Stop Him,” by Daniela Lamas (Opinion guest essay, Dec. 5): As a physician, now retired after 43 years of practice, I admire Dr. Lamas’s ...

On demand, not on hold — new research revealed the top hurdles that send patients running to a new doctor. According to a survey of 2,000 Americans who’ve been to the doctor within the last year, ...

The health policy landscape continues to evolve, creating new opportunities to advance meaningful progress, especially on issues that have long been on the policy agenda, such as ensuring patient ...

Patients worldwide are cautiously optimistic about the use of AI in healthcare. Most support it as a helpful assistant, but few trust it to replace doctors, according to a new study that reveals trust ...

The therapeutic efficacy of the cardiac glycoside digitoxin in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction is not established. In this international, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...

Recently, a long-standing patient came in for her routine office follow-up appointment for management of hypertension and arthritis. After a warm greeting, she told me there was a matter she needed to ...

Over the past 40 years, there has been a dramatic shift from the expert doctor who should be revered and obeyed to an increasing role for patients as the experts of their own bodies. As researchers, ...

Healthgrades honored 377 hospitals across 44 states for patient experience. Healthgrades released its 2025 Outstanding Patient Experience Award, which recognizes hospitals that provide top-quality ...