TY - JOUR
T1 - Facilitating communication with patients for improved migraine outcomes
AU - Buse, Dawn C.
AU - Lipton, Richard B.
N1 - Funding Information:
Dr. Buse has received research grants sponsored by and acted as a consultant for Ortho-McNeil, Endo, and Allergan Pharmaceuticals.
Funding Information:
10. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education: Toolbox for the evaluation of competence. Available at: http://www.acgme.org. Accessed January 2008. Project of the ABIM Foundation, ACP-ASIM Foundation, and European Federation of Internal Medicine. Medical professionalism in the new millennium: a physician charter. Ann Intern Med 2002, 136:243–246. Bensing JM, Roter DL, Hulsman RL: Communication patterns of primary care physicians in the United States and the Netherlands. J Gen Intern Med 2003, 18:335–342. Roter DL, Stewart M, Putnam SM, et al.: Communication patterns of primary care physicians. JAMA 1997, 277:350–356.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Effective communication is integral to good medical care. Medical professional groups, regulatory agencies, educators, researchers, and patients recognize its importance. Quality of medical communication is directly related to patient satisfaction, improvement in medication adherence, treatment compliance, other outcomes, decreased risk of malpractice, and increase in health care providers' levels of satisfaction. However, skill level and training remain problematic in this area. Fortunately, research has shown that medical communication skills can be successfully taught and acquired, and that improvement in communication skills improves outcomes. The American Migraine Communication Studies I and II evaluated the current state of health care provider-patient communication in headache care and tested a simple educational intervention. They found problematic issues but demonstrated that these areas could be improved. We review theoretical models of effective communication and discuss strategies for improving communication, including active listening, interviewing strategies, and methods for gathering information about headache-related impairment, mood, and quality of life.
AB - Effective communication is integral to good medical care. Medical professional groups, regulatory agencies, educators, researchers, and patients recognize its importance. Quality of medical communication is directly related to patient satisfaction, improvement in medication adherence, treatment compliance, other outcomes, decreased risk of malpractice, and increase in health care providers' levels of satisfaction. However, skill level and training remain problematic in this area. Fortunately, research has shown that medical communication skills can be successfully taught and acquired, and that improvement in communication skills improves outcomes. The American Migraine Communication Studies I and II evaluated the current state of health care provider-patient communication in headache care and tested a simple educational intervention. They found problematic issues but demonstrated that these areas could be improved. We review theoretical models of effective communication and discuss strategies for improving communication, including active listening, interviewing strategies, and methods for gathering information about headache-related impairment, mood, and quality of life.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=48749099943&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=48749099943&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11916-008-0040-3
DO - 10.1007/s11916-008-0040-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18796275
AN - SCOPUS:48749099943
SN - 1531-3433
VL - 12
SP - 230
EP - 236
JO - Current review of pain
JF - Current review of pain
IS - 3
ER -