Communication

ATHENS, Greece — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Ramza Diamanti, MD, discusses the importance of patient communication when using presbyopia-correcting lenses.

Extensive research published or presented in the past year highlights the value of clear provider-patient communication about topics that may be uncomfortable to discuss.

Clinicians in acute or post-acute care settings may delay or avoid serious illness conversations with patients whose cancer prognoses are worsening out of deference to the patient’s oncologist, according to study findings.

Older adults undergoing cancer treatment exhibited reduced risk for falling if they had discussions about physical activity with their health care provider, according to study results.

Medical mistrust continues to be a major issue in the care of patients with multiple myeloma — particularly among Black individuals according to findings published in Cancer Medicine.

CHICAGO — An application-based intervention improved communication about advance care planning between oncologists and patients with advanced cancers, according to randomized study results presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Making people with diabetes the center of all aspects of diabetes management is the focus of a new position statement published by the Endocrine Society.

This year’s MedPro360, the SECO meeting’s practice management track, is packed with courses designed to help optometrists navigate common challenges, like knowing when to refer and how to effectively lead and communicate with employees.

Validating communication from health care professionals and close family and/or friends for women with endometriosis can increase health-related quality of life, according to survey results.

Physicians who demonstrate empathy in their interactions with individuals with breast cancer foster better psychological well-being and adjustment in this patient population, according to a study published in Patient Education and Counseling.