Benefits can accrue when physicians talk directly with their patients about laboratory results. Just don’t let your system for having that discussion get in the way of communication.

What should emergency department staff do when they can't determine a teen patient's medications, allergies, or medical history because of her silence? Read how a jury finds its own voice in this case of the week.

Litigating medical professional liability cases involves taking complex information and creating a simple story for the jury or arbitrator. Not including the patient in a treatment decision is just the kind of story that can overshadow all the other things that you’ve done for your patient.

For solo physicians the scenario can be quite common: two family practitioners share an office suite but are not partners. One physician decides to move on, offers his patient list to the other. What could go wrong?

Sometimes a danger warning can, quite literally, get in the way of patient safety.