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Patients trust their doctors more when wearing ClearMask transparent masks compared to standard masks could lead to better patient outcomes, potential to reduce litigation
BALTIMORE, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A
first-of-its-kind study published in the
Journal of American Medical Association Surgery on March 11, 2021 suggests that doctors who wear ClearMask transparent face masks greatly improve communication with patients compared to doctors whose faces are blocked by a standard face mask. Results showed that providers who wore the ClearMask are not only better communicators, they are also perceived as having more empathy and elicit greater trust. The study s overwhelmingly positive results on improved communication with the ClearMask validated what we knew all along: being able to see each other s faces is fundamentally human and an integral part of how we connect, said Allysa Dittmar, President of ClearMask, LLC. The study s use of the ClearMask brand and its accepta
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First-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of American Medical Association Surgery says improved patient-provider communication through the ClearMask
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BALTIMORE, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A
Journal of American Medical Association Surgery on March 11, 2021 suggests that doctors who wear ClearMask™ transparent face masks greatly improve communication with patients compared to doctors whose faces are blocked by a standard face mask. Results showed that providers who wore the ClearMask™ are not only better communicators, they are also perceived as having more empathy and elicit greater trust.
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Doctors’ see-through surgical masks impact relationship with patient more than realized, study says
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
Dr. Ian Kratzke models the traditional and clear face masks that were tested in a new study.
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Scientists who outfitted surgeons with clear masks found that patients gave them higher marks for empathy and explaining things clearly compared with doctors who wore typical surgical masks.
The findings, published Thursday in the journal JAMA Surgery, highlight an unfortunate side effect of universal mask-wearing in medicine and one possible way to help overcome it.