How well a newly minted doctor scores on their medical board exam appears linked to patients’ odds of dying or being readmitted to the hospital. Doctors’ performance on ratings of knowledge and skill ...

Dr. Tom Giacobbi returns with another installment in his Just a Minute, Doc video series, this time focusing on the necessary steps in conducting a successful new patient exam. Check out more videos ...

Q: "Dr. Arnold, I'm looking for a new dentist, and I'm not sure what questions to ask. What should my first appointment be like?" A: I feel that the new patient examination is an extremely important ...

Quee is a pediatrician at Gotham Health Belvis in the Bronx and president of Doctors Council SEIU. As a pediatrician working for NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), one of the largest public health care ...

The walk-in emergency department at UT Medical Center is doubling in size with a new entrance, new lobby and new patient exam ...

Dear Dr. Roach: When I have appointments with my physicians (at our local, highly rated academic health system), they no longer do a physical exam. But in the after-visit note, there is a documented ...

As part of healthcare reform, patient engagement is becoming an important area of focus. Most recently, patient activation, as part of engagement, has been studied; however, interventions to improve ...