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Computers teach physician empathy

With growing attention to the role of physician empathy in patient care, a number of programs have popped up around the country aimed at enhancing doctors' communication skills. Despite the purported

Staff perform better when personally connected with patient outcomes

If you want to improve the care and service provided at your practice, make sure staff and clinicians understand how they impact patients on a personal level. That's the takeaway message for medical

Three ways docs can stay compassionate

The good news is that physicians can be taught to practice with more compassion. The flip side, however, is that studies have also shown that, without intervention, these skills tend to diminish

Study: Empathy integral to physician competence

Yet another study seems to have confirmed the relationship between physician empathy and positive clinical outcomes. For this study, published in the March issue of Academic Medicine, researchers