Sometimes good things do come from bad legislation. When Gov. Greg Abbott signed the “Chick-fil-A Bill” into law in 2019, David Shannon took advantage of the opportunity it presented and teamed up ...

Patient rights are a fundamental aspect of modern health care, encapsulating key ethical principles and legal protections for individuals receiving medical care. These rights have evolved over the ...

If you have paid attention to medical news lately, you have almost certainly heard about some emerging uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, including oncology. Labroots has recently ...

One weekend a decade ago, I treated two patients who could not have been more different. One was a member of the president’s cabinet who was in the area for a working weekend when he became ill. He ...

Hospitals have made significant strides to reduce or eliminate physical harm to patients since the landmark 1999 Institute of Medicine Report "To Err is Human." In a new paper published in BMJ, ...

Patient-facing AI technologies, such as telehealth and remote monitoring, pose ethical challenges and may threaten patient dignity due to lack of personalization and empathy. AI models often provide ...

Last week, I received a call out of the blue from an old friend. I immediately could hear in his voice that he was upset and shaken. A long-standing physician leader with a history of excellence, he ...

Meaningful patient encounters are the building blocks of high-quality healthcare and positive patient experiences. Health systems cannot achieve the latter two without first engraining this ...

Beyond Ride and Envision Hospice highlight how compassionate wheelchair transportation can support seniors in Tacoma ...

India’s Supreme Court has permitted the withdrawal of life support for a 31-year-old man who has remained in a vegetative state since a 2013 accident, marking the country’s first court-approved ...