Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism: Communications Guidelines for Physicians Part 2: Culture’s role in “clouding” communication Culture (not only the patient’s culture, but yours as well) forms the “big picture” behind, not only clear communication, but also the patient’s expectations regarding what constitutes quality medical care and services. It determines not...
Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism
Narrowing the Language Gap in Medical Tourism: Communications Guidelines for Physicians Part 1: When You and Your Patient Speak Different Languages and Come from Different Cultures How do you insure good communication when you are a native speaker of one language but your patient is a native speaker of another? Even if you...
Physicians: CAN-SPAM Refresher for Email Marketing
Physicians: If you are sending “any electronic mail message, the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service,” then you must comply with the following 7 main requirements (or face penalties up to $16,000 per email): 1. Don’t use false or misleading header information 2. Don’t use deceptive...