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Have you or your family ever benefitted from patient services?  Offered by many hospitals, clinics, and even pharmaceutical companies, patient services inclu...

An anemic patient is unable to recover because he isn’t taking the prescribed amount of the supplement given to him by his doctor because he received confusi...

Reasons why medical devices fail are numerous. Design flaws, lack of good manufacturing practices, not involving doctors, inadequate cleaning/sterilization o...

November is Family Caregiver Month, a time to acknowledge the many hardworking individuals who tirelessly support their parents, children, spouses, and frien...

There are a lot of challenges in the doctor-patient relationship.  One that’s becoming increasingly noticeable as society gets more global is cultural differ...

FROM WHY TO HOW There once was a time when medical device manufacturers asked themselves “why translate?” but the global markets and international regulatory...

When I write about translators and interpreters on this blog, it’s usually regarding some abstract issue or debate among them or an interesting story or conu...

Whether it’s for travel or a long-term stay, going abroad means you’ll have lots of things to plan. It’s easy to forget certain details. Like, have you thoug...

Last December, I wrote a post here about how I hoped more medical professionals would start using social media and other digital communication methods this y...

When I first saw my new GP’s examining room, I gasped in grateful surprise.  Unlike my previous doctor’s office, this one looked clean and new, with freshly ...

When I was in the hospital after giving birth to my son, I didn’t sleep well.  It wasn’t because of him, though: every few hours, nurses, midwives, and even ...

A few years ago, I slapped a doctor.  Three times.  It wasn’t premeditated or motivated by something he said; he just kept jabbing a tongue depressor into my...

A study made headlines recently when it revealed that press releases about medical discoveries and news are often exaggerated or misinterpreted. The study’s ...

The other day, my mother-in-law told me about a friend’s daughter who’d left a nursing position at a local hospital to pursue her dream of being an interior ...

In a recent article, marketing expert Matthew Bushery lists some New Year’s resolutions he’d like to see in his field. All his talk of social media and gener...

There were a few things that surprised me about an article on New York Magazine’s The Cut, called 10 Men Explain Why They Became Gynecologists. As you probab...

At first, a doctor might believe I’m just an average patient. But the minute a needle comes out, all bets are off. A boyfriend of mine thought I was exagger...

It’s not that my doctor is a bad or neglectful one; this is de rigueur for many of us. Although there are people who have a close relationship with their MD...

Do you read things even though you know they’ll make you angry?  I do sometimes, and apparently I’m not alone; a word has recently been coined for the phenom...

Recently, I read the title of an article called “When Doctors ‘Google’ Their Patients” and thought, “What a good idea!”  I’m a big fan of bedside manner, and...