Instead of labeling them, let's find out what's really causing the problem ...

What Do People Affected by Cancer Think About Electronic Health Information Exchange? Results From the 2010 LIVESTRONG Electronic Health Information Exchange Survey and the 2008 Health Information ...

The difficult patient often upsets the staff, sends negative reverberations throughout the practice, causes stress and frustration, and can even cause a loss of revenue based on their behaviors and ...

A systematic review of 45 studies found that physicians perceive one in six patient visits in non-psychiatric clinics as "difficult," and these encounters are more likely to involve patients with ...

"Patients do not want to be shielded from difficult treatment decisions," says Associate Professor Jannicke Rabben at Norway's University of Agder (UiA). "Even patients who say that the doctor knows ...

Irritable patient behavior influences physician emotions but does not alter clinical assessments, emphasizing the need for ...

Piotr is the CEO of Infermedica, a leading AI health company dedicated to improving preliminary symptom analysis and digital triage. The current pattern of care-seeking behavior is one area in which ...

Coaching dental clients about managing troublesome patients caused me to think about a scene in the movie "A Bronx Tale" that has stuck with me over the years. I often think about this movie scene ...