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4 Things You Can Do Now For Better Patient Communication 

Two people talking
A common complaint among providers is that patients do not listen or comply. On the other hand, patients complain that we lecture, scold, and try to sell them things they don’t think they need or understand. There’s a difference between information and communication. Information is one person speaking, while communication is a two-way dialogue that gets through to your patients.

​According to the Institute for Healthcare Communication, “Research evidence indicates there are strong positive relationships between a health-care team member's communication skills and a patient's capacity to follow through with medical recommendations, self-manage a chronic medical condition, and adopt preventive health behaviors.”...
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