Patients are often referred to the care of other specialists or health care providers, or transitioned from one care facility to another as their conditions and care needs change.

A growing body of research demonstrates that patients recall and comprehend less than half of what clinicians explain to them. A good way to help confirm your patients’ actual level of understanding is to incorporate the ‘teach back’ (also referred to as the ‘show me’ or ‘closing the loop’ method).

Good communication between hospitalists and primary care physicians at the time of discharge is critical to patient safety and to the reduction of risk.

As more and more health care professionals use mobile devices to store and transmit Protected Health Information (PHI), there is now a need to safeguard not only the physical security of the device but also the information stored on it.

In 2014, the era of health care reform will fully take effect. The many changes will bring uncertainty to health care providers, as well as patients.