Acquisition, engagement, retention, optimal outcomes, and advocacy: This is the ideal patient lifecycle. It sounds straightforward enough, but this cycle often collapses in the wake of common ...

For patients to not only become engaged in their own healthcare through use of digital tools, but stay engaged, developers, behavioral scientists and designers need to work together, according to ...

Caregivers who respond to dementia patients with indifference or irritation can cause problem behavior to worsen, according to a recent study by a Dutch researcher. For the study, researcher Marjolein ...

Unfortunately, few physicians have been taught how to help patients change. Communication skills are rarely addressed in medical school, residency, or afterward, and even less education focuses on ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Presenters said a generative AI chatbot may be able to optimally influence patient behavior. The chatbot uses ...

Economists have long said health care, as a market, is a strange animal. A large part of this is because patients don't act like regular consumers. Imagine you walk into a Target store. You stroll ...

PHILADELPHIA — A unique, easily implemented, low-cost coaching program appears to improve adherence to brain healthy behaviors in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), mild dementia, and ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University is seeking patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease to participate in a new clinical trial to test how a well-established blood pressure ...

After suffering repeated bouts of debilitating Clostridium difficile infections, many patients significantly change their behaviors, but some precautions may do little to prevent future infections, ...

In today’s episode, Dave Monahan, CEO and founder of Kleer peels back the layers of dental patient behavior and its impact on practice performance. The discussion also delves into the potential ...

Barber Behavioral Health will be handing the reigns of its community based services to LECOM Behavioral Health. After 25 ...