Orthopedic surgeons have the fifth-highest wait times of any specialty physician group, with an average wait time of 21 minutes—and the longer the wait time, the greater the decrease in patient ...

Like many hospitals and health systems, patient engagement and experience was a key focus area for San Diego-based Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, a division of Sharp Healthcare, especially in the ...

Announced at HIMSS25, the partnership between the New York health system and Amazon enables patients to confirm their identity in seconds. NYU Langone Health is launching a new biometric technology ...

Coronavirus concerns and a desire to be more consumer-friendly are driving a shift away from waiting rooms at a Florida-based health system. Spurred on by the coronavirus pandemic, AdventHealth has ...

Long-time patient safety advocate Tejal Gandhi, MD, has seen the U.S. health system improve when it comes to patient safety over the past 15 to 20 years. But it's harder to nail down just how fast, ...

The partnership will allow more than 800,000 Humana MA members who receive care at around 120 different health systems to check in at their doctor’s office without showing their insurance cards, ...

The National Patient Safety Foundation offers a free checklist that encourages patients to take an active role in their healthcare. The checklist includes actions that patients can take to partner ...

SEMBACH, Germany - Regional Health Command Europe is standardizing the check-in process in Military Treatment Facilities throughout Europe to enhance communication with patients and improve ...

The University of Washington is the first U.S. site involved in a global pilot program to test a surgical checklist aimed at improving patient safety in the operating room. The program launched ...

The most profound learning experience I had in my the first 2 years of medical school was not in the lecture hall or the library, but on the 7 train from Queens to Manhattan. Just after my first ...