Tag: readmissions
Videos Help Hospitals Reach Patients
A version of this article originally appeared at NucleusHealth.com. Imagine this scenario: a Spanish-speaking patient reads the instructions for his new prescription medication after being discharged ... Read More
Patient Education Videos Aid in the Management of Chronic Conditions
Management of a chronic condition is difficult. These life-long conditions (like diabetes or COPD) require a lot of effort on the part of the patient to track and maintain their health. That’s often... Read More
Bridging the Patient-Doctor Communication Gap
Medical interns are often less courteous than patients expect according to a paper published in a recent edition of the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Studies over time have shown that gaps in patient-... Read More
A Case for Medical Animation
It’s no secret that giving patients agency in their own healthcare education and decisions results in better patient satisfaction with fewer unnecessary readmissions. 1 Patient-to-doctor communicati... Read More