Background Human connection is at the heart of medical care, but questions remain as to
the effectiveness of interpersonal interventions. The purpose of this review was to …

PURPOSE We wanted to identify published randomized trials of interventions to alter the
interaction between patients and practitioners, develop taxonomies of the interventions and …

Importance Time constraints, technology, and administrative demands of modern medicine
often impede the human connection that is central to clinical care, contributing to physician …

Over 30 years ago, Barbara Korsch's (Korsch, Gozzi, & Francis, 1968) seminal work on
patient satisfaction within the domain of the patient-provider encounter set the agenda for …

Background Improving quality of primary care is a key focus of international health policy.
Current quality improvement efforts place a large focus on technical, clinical aspects of …

Objective: We sought to synthesize the findings of studies examining interventions to
enhance the communication behaviors of physicians and patients during outpatient …

PURPOSE Interpersonal continuity has been shown to play an essential role in primary
care's salutary effects. Amid 2 decades of rapid evolution in the health care payment model …

OBJECTIVE: Numerous studies demonstrate the impact of high-quality patient–provider
interaction (PPI) on health outcomes. However, transformation of these findings into clinical …

The Journal of Family Practice q BACKGROUND: We designed this observational cohort
study to assess the association between patient-centered communication in primary care …

Interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has been shown to improve patient safety and quality of
care. Particularly, IPC assists health care providers to manage complex and chronic …