Dr. James Wang is an obstetrician-gynecologist in Springfield, Massachusetts. He is an Assistant Professor at UMASS/Baystate Medical School where he teaches OB/GYN residents, medical students, and advanced practitioner students in addition to seeing his own patients in the faculty practice. A graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine, Dr. Wang has been caring for patients for over 30 years. Dr. Wang is also a staunch patient and physician advocate. He serves on several committees addressing patient safety and rights. He has been an active member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, where he is a long-term Delegate, member of the Legislative Committee, Nominations Committee, and an appointed member of the Task Force on Physician Burnout. In this informative interview hosted by Dove Sinclair, Dr. Wang begins by explaining the specialty of OB/GYN and then discusses how advocating for both patients and other physicians is especially important to him and to the future of our healthcare system.

Elizabeth Linden is a Senior Anchor/Producer with The Power of the Patient Project. As a patient, she suffers from a rare medical condition called cluster headaches. In this very personal interview hosted by Kacie Iuvara, who is also a Senior Anchor/Producer with the Project, Liz shares the challenges she faces every day and provides her insight on how patients can work better with their healthcare providers when presenting an unusual chronic medical situation.

Adam Cherrington is the Research Director, Patient Engagement and Telehealth at KLAS Research, and an expert on the patient experience and how it effects the provider/patient relationship. In this interesting and very informative interview hosted by Dove Sinclair, Adam explains his research and how it is helping doctors and their practice administrators to better understand the needs and expectations of patients, and how the lessons learned can improve the patient experience.

Dove Sinclair interviews Dr. Paul Kaloostian, a neurosurgeon in California, who is not only a prominent physician, but an author, as well. In this fascinating interview, Dove talks to Dr. Kaloostian about his special approach to working with patients and their families and helping them cope with the anxiety and the concerns of brain surgery. Known for his great compassion for both the patient and the patient's family, Dr. Kaloostian is a true role model for others physicians.

This video provides insights from prominent physical therapist Dr. Mitchell Brotsky, where he discusses with host Cennet Kurtev how patients can better work with their rehab therapists. Working with a physical therapist or occupational therapist has become a common provider/patient relationship, and this video explains the relationship from both the perspective of the PT as well as the perspective of the patient, focusing on how the patient can better relate to their therapist.

This video with dental hygienist Dawn Sinclair, hosted by Dove Sinclair, discusses the changes that needed to take place in the dental offices throughout America to keep patients safer. It provides advice on what to expect when visiting the dentist.

This is part of a series of interviews with patients to hear their stories and to allow them to share their messages of hope. Barbara Cohen is an MS patient and a patient advocate, and this is a fascinating account of her journey that she has been on for the past 40 years.

Dr. Richard Besser offers advice for receiving the best medical care. For more, click here: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Richard_Besser/patients-bill-rights-empowered-doctor-visit/story?id=14073875

Medical Economics sits down with James Underberg, MD, to discuss how the physician-patient relationship has changed, and what physicians should do to strengthen their ties with their patients.

At the heart of our health care system is the doctor-patient relationship. It is that trusting relationship that drives quality care. When the federal government, however, decides to exert an ever greater level of influence over the practice of medicine – as we have seen under Obamacare – then the doctor-patient relationship is threatened and the quality of care is potentially compromised.

The ubiquitous computer has become an essential entity in almost every provider-patient visit. “Computers,” patient safety expert Dr. Bob Wachter says, “are changing the doctor-patient relationship in all sorts of ways. Some of them are really healthy; some of them are quite scary.” In this short video, Dr. Wachter discusses the pros and cons that the digital age has brought into intimate patient-provider relationships. Copyright © 2015 Institute for Healthcare ImprovementAll rights reserved. Individuals may share these materials for educational, not-for-profit uses, provided that the contents are not altered in any way and that proper attribution is given to IHI as the source of the content. These materials may not be reproduced for commercial, for-profit use in any form or by any means, or republished under any circumstances, without the written permission of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.

Join host Jamie Caniglia as she asks folks on their lunch hour in Philadelphia - Do you feel like your concerns and requests are respected and accepted by your doctors when you go to see them?

Host Alexia Doumbouya sits down with Lawrence Brilliant, M.D., President of St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, to learn about the role of a hospital president and to discuss the importance of patient rights in running a hospital.

An interview with the dean of one of the country's newest medical school and how she and her colleagues are preparing the next generation of physicians to honor patient rights and be mindful of the needs of their patients.

Host Alexia Doumbouya sits down with Karen Hoyer, the medical librarian of St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, to learn about the role of the medical librarian and how it impacts patients and providers on a daily basis. How the medical librarian honors the rights of patients is also discussed.

Senior Advocate Julia Ballarini sits down with Katrina Lewis, a nursing student at Drexel University, to discuss how future nurses are taught about patient rights, and why it is especially important for a nurse to be an advocate for a patient in today's healthcare delivery system.