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Open research questions in Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare

296 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,912 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

What the literature leaves open

  • The complexity of communicating information on benefits and harms of multiple competing medical interventions. The variability in participants' literacy and numeracy skills, preferences, and needs. The need to develop effective communication tools that can convey complex information in a clear and understandable manner.

    Communication of information on benefits and harms of multiple competing medical interventions: three-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial · 2026 · DOI

  • The lack of psychometric evaluation of the Patient-Centered Communication Scale in Iran. The need for cultural adaptation of the scale for the Iranian context. The importance of evaluating the validity and reliability of the scale in the Iranian context.

    Psychometric features of the Patient-Centered Communication Scale among Iranian clinical nurses · 2026 · DOI

  • constructing integrated knowledge graphs of biomedicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine, - optimizing multi-layered expression capabilities, - improving model interpretability to promote LLMs' in-depth application in SDM within China

    Research progress and implications of the application of large language model in shared decision-making in China’s healthcare field · 2025 · DOI

  • The lack of standardized decision support tools in China's healthcare system. The limitations of LLMs in localization and handling complex scenarios. The need for integrated knowledge graphs of biomedicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

    Research progress and implications of the application of large language model in shared decision-making in China’s healthcare field · 2025 · DOI

  • Further research is needed to explore the effectiveness of different communication tools in various populations, - Further research is needed to examine the impact of literacy and numeracy skills on the effectiveness of communication tools, - Further research is needed to investigate the effects of different communication tools on decisional conflict and self-efficacy

    Communication of information on benefits and harms of multiple competing medical interventions: three-group, open-label, randomised controlled trial · 2026 · DOI

  • LLMs are increasingly used to mediate patient communication, yet scalable evaluation of their safety, accuracy, and communication quality remains an open problem.

    Validating LLM judges for automated oversight of patient communication · 2026 · DOI

  • Trust and fidelity, though constantly invoked in professional codes and bedside rhetoric, are rarely examined as the structural foundations on which the physician–patient relationship depends.

    Trust and fidelity: the tryst between the physician and patient · 2026 · DOI

  • Abstract Within debates on the epistemic preconditions of patient autonomy, scholarly attention has focused predominantly on the scope and weight of cognitive competencies, while the role of doxastic attitudes towards medical information have remained comparatively underexplored.

    Patient autonomy despite false beliefs? On the epistemic prerequisites for autonomous treatment decisions · 2026 · DOI

  • Background A validated instrument for assessing adolescent attitudes toward dementia in Chinese-speaking communities is currently lacking.

    Translation and Validation of the Chinese Version of the Brief Adolescent Attitudes Towards Dementia Scale (Brief AADS-C): A Psychometric Study · 2025 · DOI

  • Future research should focus on incorporating emotional support frameworks and psychological management tools to improve their clinical utility and effectiveness.

    Patient Decision Aids for Pelvic Floor Surgery and Impact on Decisional Conflict · 2025 · DOI

  • Despite growing attention in international healthcare education, empirical data from Central and Eastern Europe remain scarce.

    Delivering bad news in clinical practice: the role of communication skills and emotional intelligence among Polish healthcare professionals · 2025 · DOI

  • Background: Patient satisfaction is a key indicator for improving healthcare delivery, yet the influence of gender preferences on healthcare providers remains underexplored.

    Exploring the Gender Preferences for Healthcare Providers and Their Influence on Patient Satisfaction · 2025 · DOI

  • Future studies are needed to evaluate translation of skills to clinical practice and durability of these skills in larger cohorts.

    Teaching pediatric cardiology fellows to communicate serious news: a pilot study · 2024 · DOI

  • While acknowledging the importance of effective communication, the specific features of successful CST remain uncertain.

    Effects of on-site Supportive Communication Training (On-site SCT) on doctor-patient communication in oncology: Study protocol of a randomized, controlled mixed-methods trial · 2024 · DOI

  • However, explorations of communication education and their outcomes in radiology residents are sparse.

    “Building bridges”—communication education for residents in radiology: a scoping review · 2024 · DOI

  • It is not well known how impaired group decision making in patient care may affect medical training.

    Medical residents’ perceptions of group biases in medical decision making: a qualitative study · 2024 · DOI

  • Importance: The effect of shared decision-making (SDM) and the extent of its use in interventions to improve cardiovascular risk remain unclear.

    Shared Decision-Making in Cardiovascular Risk Factor Management · 2024 · DOI

  • Third, the hypotheses examined in this study should be replicated with a design offering greater experimental control. Finally, multiple outcomes of interactions between physicians and patients should be examined including patients' compliance to and understand ing of the physician's recommendations.

    Patient Satisfaction with Physicians’ Interpersonal Involvement, Expressiveness, and Dominance · 1987 · DOI

  • However, the sample size was insufficient to include various personal characteristics in the factorial design.

    Nonverbal response patterns in physician-patient interactions: A functional analysis · 1987 · DOI

  • There is a gap in the existing evidence base on shared decision-making implementation in different clinical contexts. There is a need to understand the role of complementary enhanced clinician training to facilitate shared decision-making.

    Protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation for a randomised controlled trial to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines: the iFraP study · 2026 · DOI

  • The protocol specifies data collection methods comprehensively but lacks clarity on qualitative data organization, management, and coding frameworks. The specific qualitative coding framework and how coded data will be organized for analytical use are not explicitly detailed in the protocol description.

    Protocol for a mixed methods process evaluation for a randomised controlled trial to improve shared decision-making about, and uptake of, osteoporosis medicines: the iFraP study · 2026 · DOI

  • Delivering bad news is a challenging task for physicians, - Physicians often exhibit similar emotional reactions and act in accordance with the norms of their field, - There is a lack of research on delivering bad news in medical settings beyond the field of oncology

    Attitudes Toward Breaking Bad News Among Physicians in Türkiye · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on delivering bad news in medical settings beyond the field of oncology. There is a need for a valid and reliable measure for evaluating medical doctors' breaking bad news attitudes in the Turkish context.

    Attitudes Toward Breaking Bad News Among Physicians in Türkiye · 2026 · DOI

  • Patient-physician communication barriers. Patient preferences and values not being considered in decision-making. Limited patient involvement in decision-making.

    Exploring perceptions and predictors of shared decision-making in the pharmacological management of Parkinson’s disease: insights from patients and healthcare providers · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of understanding about how patients and healthcare providers perceive shared decision-making in pharmacological management of Parkinson’s disease. There is a need to identify predictors of perceived shared decision-making to improve patient outcomes.

    Exploring perceptions and predictors of shared decision-making in the pharmacological management of Parkinson’s disease: insights from patients and healthcare providers · 2026 · DOI

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