Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – May 2022
May 25, 2022
Bharat Kumar, MD

This month’s Research Roundup features 14 recently published papers on humanism in healthcare tackling such important topics as: How often do practicing physicians experience mistreatment? Can telepalliative care visits support emotionally responsive patient-clinician interactions? Is there an association between social isolation and burnout among resident physicians? chevron_right Read more

Jeffrey Silver Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup – September 2021
September 30, 2021
Bharat Kumar, MD

This month’s Research Roundup of 8 studies includes topics on the effectiveness of CBD therapy on physician burnout symptoms, the role of parent’s trust in physicians in their decision-making styles, care partners’ views of access to doctors’ notes in electronic portals, a narrative review of mental illness and suicide among physicians, and more. chevron_right Read more

Reactivated PPE Portrait Project strengthens human connections in the COVID-19 crisis
April 29, 2020

Artist and Gold Foundation grantee Mary Beth Heffernan’s work that began during the Ebola crisis has found a new urgency and widespread adoption now. COVID-19 patients are isolated in so … chevron_right Read more

A gift for you on Giving Tuesday 2018
November 21, 2018

Tuesday, November 27, is “Giving Tuesday,” an international day of giving at the beginning of the holiday season. This year, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is giving back! When you … chevron_right Read more

Turning foe into friend: Leveraging the electronic health record to promote humanism
January 17, 2018

Physicians often cite the EHR as negatively contributing to their workload and stress.  But Gold grantees Lolita Alkureishi, MD and Wei Wei Lee, MD MPH knew they could find ways to leverage the EHR’s potential to stimulate discussion, augment patient education, and facilitate shared decision making. chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Healthcare Research Roundup — January 2016
January 29, 2016

Burnout, Interprofessional Education & Teamwork, Medical Education, Patient-Practitioner Relationships, Professionalism, Research on Humanism in Medicine, Technology and Humanism. All these things and more in this month’s Research Roundup! chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Medicine Research Roundup — August 2015
August 31, 2015

This post is part of our series of Research Roundups — a list of recently published studies on humanism in medicine. If you would like to be notified each time a Research … chevron_right Read more

Review of “The Digital Doctor” by Robert Wachter
June 1, 2015

Review by Perry Dinardo Few would doubt that the incorporation of modern technology into medical care has been “strewn with land mines, large and small.”  In The Digital Doctor, Robert … chevron_right Read more

Book Cover of The Digital Doctor
Promise by Donna Parker, MD
March 17, 2015

This post is part of our collection of “Gold Nuggets” —  our way of alerting the medical community to original artwork, poetry or multimedia that stimulate discussion and reflection. Promise by … chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Medicine Research Roundup – November 2014
November 30, 2014

This post is part of our series of Research Roundups — a list of recently published studies on humanism in medicine. If you would like to be notified each time a Research … chevron_right Read more

Facial emotion workout video helps patients and physicians alike
November 6, 2014

by David V. Forrest, MD The ability to read and reflect back facial emotion is the most basic skill of communicating empathy. This crucial skill allows health professionals to let patients … chevron_right Read more

Humanism in Medicine Research Roundup – September 2014
September 30, 2014

This post is part of our series of Research Roundups — a list of recently published studies on humanism in medicine. If you would like to be notified each time a Research … chevron_right Read more

Distracted digital doctors: The need to rehumanize medicine
July 24, 2014

by Wei Wei Lee, MD MPH “She made zero eye contact. She stared at the computer the entire visit.” This was my friend Pat’s lasting impression of her visit to … chevron_right Read more

Debriefing about patients’ feelings increases empathy in med students
February 26, 2014

Can simulation help increase student empathy? Can anesthesiologist-patient relationships have therapeutic benefit? Learn about these questions and more in this month’s Research Roundup. chevron_right Read more

2014 Essay Contest: How has technology played a role in the delivery of humanistic patient care?
February 11, 2014

The question for the 2014 Gold – Hope Tang, MD 2014 Humanism in Medicine Essay Contest was: Using a real life experience, describe how technology played a role, either negatively or positively, … chevron_right Read more

Physician empathy and perspective taking protect against burnout
January 31, 2014

This month’s Research Roundup covers physician burnout, links between patient experience and safety parameters, eye-gaze and EMR use, and much much more! chevron_right Read more

Are EMR’s stressing physicians out?
September 10, 2013

EMRs, physicians stress, HIV care, compassion scale, physician well-being, and more! All in this month’s Research Roundup! chevron_right Read more