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Compassion Fatigue

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Doc-patient interaction improves with empathy training

It turns out you can teach someone how to be empathic . Resident physicians who participated in three 60-minute empathy training sessions significantly improved their interactions with patients,

Compassionate care, high performance not limited to clinicians

The janitor at a hospital doesn't just take out the trash; he prevents infections. That was the message that Michael Frisina, head of the consulting firm The Center for Influential Leadership, had

Hospital fights 'compassion fatigue' with staff training

In addition to combating alarm fatigue to prevent patient harm, hospitals also are finding ways to thwart compassion fatigue, which can lead to reduced patient safety, lower patient satisfaction and

Combat worker 'empathy fatigue'

With the economic downturn, more healthcare workers are staying at their organizations even though they are emotionally burned out, leading to what is known as "empathy fatigue," according to a