NEW ORLEANS — Technology is mostly thought to interfere with people interacting on a personal level, but now one local hospital says the latest artificial intelligence can improve the doctor-patient ...

It’s the season of goblins, scary movies — and ghosts. It’s an appropriate time, I think, to discuss a situation I’m seeing more and more: medical ghosting. The term “ghosting,” which came in to our ...

A doctor and his patient who needed a heart transplant created a bond over their shared love of music. NBC News’ Hallie Jackson has the story.

For nine Mercy Health heart patients, a night of reunions in the West End brought them face-to-face with the doctors they ...

2025 was the year of the patient. By last year, patients were able to access a vast amount of information that unlocked multiple opportunities for them to take charge of their own care, perhaps far ...

Dear Annie: You told a reader to call doctors by their last name until invited otherwise. Your writer had called the doctor by the first name on the first visit. Had she never been to a doctor before?

SAN DIEGO — Kaiser Permanente has introduced a new artificial intelligence tool known as "ambient AI" or an "AI scribe" to improve doctor-patient interactions and streamline medical documentation. The ...

The doctor-patient relationship is one of the most critical elements in delivering effective and compassionate care. Research shows trust and communication between doctors and patients can ...