Social media can be a helpful source of health advice — but it can also spread misinformation. CNN’s Dr. Leana Wen helps you ...

Scholar advocates that CMS should enforce Medicare mandates for shared decision-making. Patients often lack understanding of ...

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has published a new call to action statement urging the sports medicine ...

Every few scrolls, another health expert appears on the screen. While some are genuinely qualified, others simply sound ...

Eric Boodman focuses on narrative features, exploring the startling ways that science and medicine affect people’s lives. You can reach Eric on Signal at eboodman.88. But to researchers who’ve spent ...

The 2023 UHCDA is intended to supersede its predecessor, the 1993 Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act (1993 Act). The 1993 Act acknowledged the right of an individual to make decisions about their own ...

For many patients, the time spent meeting with their physician—the clinical encounter—is the most opportune moment for them to become engaged in their own health through the process of shared decision ...

Credit: Getty Images Improving the quality of patients’ health care decisions is feasible with the right educational tools. Something about focusing on hitting a bouncy yellow tennis ball just right ...

Sutter Health is incorporating artificial intelligence-powered decision support technology into its electronic health record workflows so doctors will be able to access updated care guidelines, ...

I’ve grown weary of the public continuing to rate nurses as the most trusted profession (annual Gallup polls every year of this decade except 2001 when fire fighters understandably led the ratings), ...