Pediatric primary care providers need more training and support in respectfully addressing weight issues with families while avoiding inadvertently stigmatizing terms, suggest findings from a ...

A new study shows that when clinicians hear a patient described with negatively biased language, they develop less empathy towards the patient and, in some cases, become less accurate in recalling the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Only 10% of hospital patient portals offered access in languages other than English or Spanish. Patients who ...

Large language models (LLMs) have generated buzz in the medical industry for their ability to pass medical exams and reduce documentation burdens on clinicians, but this emerging technology also holds ...

Recent regulations from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have, respectively, focused on prohibiting information blocking ...

LAS VEGAS – Language barriers remain a persistent challenge in healthcare, often leading to misunderstandings in discharge instructions that can increase medical risk and contribute to avoidable ...

When doctors and nurses pass patient information from one shift to another—an exchange known as a "handoff"—the specific words they use behind closed doors matter more than they might realize. A study ...