I appreciate Laura Landro's excellent "Informed Patient" column "Teaching Doctors How to Interview" (Personal Journal, Sept. 21). Let's be honest. When it comes to communication, doctors fall into one ...

What does MI look like? It involves asking questions and responding to patients' comments in a way that validates their experiences, helps them develop reasons for making health behavior changes, and ...

Brush your teeth twice per day and floss regularly are habits most people know of, but despite the pleas of dentists nationwide, few follow through on this advice. Now, dentists are considering a new ...

The surge in healthcare consumerism is empowering patients with more autonomy and choices than ever when it comes to “shopping around for care.” In fact, industry research shows approximately 30% of ...

Dartmouth medical student Nsomma Alilonu and Professor Thomas Thesen test the interactive voice component on their AI Patient Actor app, which allows students to practice talking to a simulated ...

Having a general practitioner (GP) who is trained in motivational interviewing may reduce your risk of getting cardiovascular disease. But only if you do not already have diabetes or are at risk of ...

Motivational interviewing is a counseling method that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior. It is a practical, ...

Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has been testing a new piece of hardware to help them treat coronavirus cases — a robot called Spot. Last week, the hospital began using the robot in ...

3D print of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle. Courtesy of NIH. In the past five months I’ve gone from journalist to patient to interview subject and back again. Along the way, I gained important insights ...

Nobody likes to be lectured. An alternative approach, motivational interviewing, emphasizes respect for the patient’s autonomy, and works better with overweight kids. By Perri Klass, M.D. Doctors give ...