Healthcare Recruiter and Candidate Boot Camp: Communication 101

Recruiter/candidate miscommunication is usually due to shifts in priorities, inattention to detail, or adding a third person into the lines of communication. Most of the time miscommunication is not intentionally hurtful or rude. Use the right communication tools at the right time. Your method of communication should help – not hinder – the context and intent of your message…

Providing Comfort While Avoiding Conversational Narcissism

Death is an unavoidable. Whether you experience it at work or at home, you’ll need to be ready for how you’ll react. Practice. Memorize. Prepare yourself. When the time comes, you’ll be a great comfort to the family of your patient and know that you’ve done the right thing.

The Importance of Effective Communication in Healthcare

By using tools and techniques such as SBAR and making changes to hospital communication culture providers can improve communication skills to deliver safer and better patient care.

How to Prevent and Resolve Difficult Patient Encounters

Having difficult patient encounters is often part of the job when you work in healthcare. Whether it’s helping a grieving family member or defusing an angry patient, your finesse in dealing with these challenging encounters makes a difference in the lives of the people you care for.

Ten Ways to Be a Better Coworker

Your coworkers can make all the difference in how well you like going to work. Even if you love the job, if relationships with colleagues are weak, it can make you dread your next shift. Positive relationships with coworkers are essential for the following reasons…

Texting Speeds Time to Hire in Healthcare

Staying current with technology is a must for healthcare providers. As communication methods continue to evolve, making sure recruitment is as cutting-edge as the surgical suite can mean better hiring outcomes for institutions large and small.

Private Practice 101 – Tips for Building Your Medical Practice

You have the knowledge and training to provide the best care to your patients, but do you know how to maintain and grow your medical practice? While medicine is a calling, healthcare is very much a business.

Here are a several essential strategies you’ll need to grow your medical practice and keep it off life support.

Career Hacks for Healthcare Practitioners

When you work in the healthcare industry, it is important to take care of yourself so that you can care for your patients. Learning early in the game to relieve stress and maintain a healthy work/life balance is vital. Constantly work to develop your communication and leadership skills that will help you to be successful through your career. Staying current with updated information about your sector in healthcare and taking care of yourself will help you to thrive throughout your career.

How to Overcome Language Barriers in Patient Care

How Do You Say, “Do you speak English?” We have all seen it or done it – trying to communicate with someone who does not speak your language. Struggling through gestures, pointing, talking slowly, over enunciating, throwing in a random […]

Communication: The Critical Accompaniment to Clinical Skills

You have been trained to examine patients, obtain medical histories, order and perform diagnostic tests, interpret tests, and treat illnesses. You also counsel patients on how to take preventive measures and live healthy lifestyles. These clinical skills help you to […]