Total jargon use during appointments ranged from 0 to 26, with a mean of 5.40 instances of use during each encounter, the authors report. The mean use of distinct jargon terms was 3.41 per appointment ...

When cases of COVID-19 began rising in Boston last spring, Pooja Chandrashekar, then a first year student at Harvard Medical School, worried that easy-to-understand information about the pandemic ...

The words some doctors use are often misunderstood by patients and their families, leaving them feeling confused and vulnerable, according to researchers. In a study published Wednesday in the journal ...

A new study in JAMA suggests patients may be misinterpreting medical terms used by physicians, affecting health outcomes. Despite physicians acknowledging medical jargon should be avoided, healthcare ...

Common medical phrases often confused individuals in ways that could affect health outcomes, a cross-sectional study found. Among 215 adults surveyed outside the medical setting, most knew "negative" ...

Doctor consults with patient. A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Central Florida in Orlando listened to audio recordings of patient encounters and found that less than half of all ...

There's a lot of room for dangerous misunderstanding when doctors and public health officials talk to diverse groups about COVID-19. Health... When cases of COVID-19 began rising in Boston last spring ...

Doctor consults with patient. A team of researchers affiliated with the University of Central Florida in Orlando listened to audio recordings of patient encounters and found that less than half of all ...

When cases of COVID-19 began rising in Boston last spring, Pooja Chandrashekar, then a first year student at Harvard Medical School, worried that easy-to-understand information about the pandemic ...