Ask the Tough Questions

Asking the right questions just might save your life. It’s a message that can’t be repeated often enough. Study after study has shown that good communication and patient safety are inexorably linked. When communication with health care providers fails, patients are less likely to follow medication instructions, are subjected to more diagnostic tests and are more likely to have to return to the doctor’s office, the hospital or the emergency room. And billions of dollars are added every year to the nation’s health care costs. … Back to Article