A 34-year-old man fighting for his life in the Intensive Care Unit is on an artificial respirator for over a month. Could it be that his chance of getting off the respirator is not how much his nurses know, but rather how much they care?

A 75-year-old woman is heroically saved by a major trauma center only to be discharged and fatally struck by a car while walking home from the hospital. Could a lack of compassion from the hospital staff have been a factor in her death?

Compelling new research shows that health care is in the midst of a compassion crisis.

But the pivotal question is this:

In Compassionomics: The Revolutionary Scientific Evidence That Caring Makes a Difference, physician scientists Stephen Trzeciak and Anthony Mazzarelli uncover the eye-opening data that compassion could be a wonder drug for the 21st century. Now, for the first time ever, a rigorous review of the science — coupled with captivating stories from the front lines of medicine—demonstrates that human connection in health care matters in astonishing ways. Never before has all the evidence been synthesized together in one place. You will see compelling evidence that:

Compassion has vast benefits for patients across a wide variety of conditions.
Missed opportunities for compassion can have devastating health effects.
Compassion can help reverse the cost crisis in health care.
Compassion can be an antidote for burnout among health care providers.
Forty seconds of compassion can save a life.

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Physician Scientist | Professor, Chair & Chief of Medicine at @CooperHealthNJ and @CooperMedSchool | co-author of #Compassionomics | Inquiries: https://t.co/y3VucxtjRf

Stephen Trzeciak, MD, MPH @StephenTrzeciak·

Worldwide, >6B (yes, Billion) #COVID #vaccine doses given. The vaccine is #safe. And, it can prevent critical illness/death from COVID. Key: When speaking to people who are uncertain about it, please meet them with as much #empathy as you can. Vaccine shaming probably won’t help.

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Vivek Kulkarni MD @VivekKulkarniMD·

In 1 month @CooperHealthNJ, I have seen:

- checkpoint-inhibitor myocarditis
- pericardial decompression syndrome
- refractory hypoxemia from stretched PFO after RVMI
- MINOCA due to coronary vasospasm
- Dressler’s syndrome

Amazing learning for me & for the @CooperCVFellows!

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Nathan Consedine @NathanConsedine·

Massive review on the factors predicting #compassion #empathy and related factors in #health by @AliPvlova @anna_boggiss and others. Seriously? 14000+ articles screened?

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Welcome to the family Amit!

Amit R. T. Joshi, MD, FACS@amitrtjoshi

It has been a wonderful 11 years @SurgeryEinstein. I will miss all of my clinical colleagues and trainees @EinsteinHealth. Also very excited for the next chapter of my career @CooperSurgery @coopermedschool @CooperHealthNJ https://twitter.com/SurgeryEinstein/status/1433250347523391488

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Cooper University Health Care @CooperHealthNJ·

During #OverdoseAwarenessWeek, we remember those who have died & acknowledge grief. Take a moment to check in with yourself & your loved ones. Learn about the Cooper Center for Healing, call 856.342.3040 or visit http://cooperhealth.org/recovery. #CooperStrong #RecoveryIsPossible

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Media

How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis?

December 16, 2020

Freakonomics

Compassionate Care is not a Matter of Time

October 20, 2020

HealthLeaders

Compassionomics (Book Review), Family Medicine (Official Journal of The Society of Teachers of family Medicine), 2020;52(6):454-455

June 30, 2020

STFM Journals

Compassion is contagious, and saves lives: What coronavirus is teaching us about caring for one another

April 12, 2020

New York Daily News

Making Medicine More Compassionate

September 19, 2019

Scientific American

Scientific Excellence Is Just The First Step To Optimal Care

September 5, 2019

Health Affairs

The 1 Thing You Must Do When Stress at Work Takes Its Toll

August 10, 2019

Inc.

Compassionomics

July 25, 2019

The Second City Works

Compassion in medicine

July 7, 2019

NPR / WHYY Radio Times

One thing no one talks about that helps you heal faster

June 27, 2019

Psychology Today

The compassion solution

June 19, 2019

Maclean’s Magazine

Compassion: A powerful tool for improving patient outcomes

June 5, 2019

Stanford Medicine

Health Care’s Compassion Crisis: Why Caring Makes a Difference

May 29, 2019

Knowledge@Wharton

How compassion from doctors helps patients heal

May 28, 2019

The Philadelphia Inquirer

For patients, a caregiver’s compassion is essential

May 12, 2019

The Washington Post

Doctors who show compassion have healthier patients who heal faster, according to new book

April 29, 2019

The Washington Post

Book: Compassion Helps Save Lives

Book: Compassion Helps Save Lives

April 27, 2019

CNN

Does taking time for compassion make doctors better at their jobs?

April 26, 2019

NPR

The benefits of ‘compassionomics’

April 22, 2019

NJBIZ

Alumnus’ book details importance of compassion in medical care

April 18, 2019

In the News, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health

Cooper University Hospital connects compassion and reducing PTSD

April 15, 2019

The Philadelphia Inquirer

The power of a physician’s kind word

April 10, 2019

Medscape (Medscape Perspective – Business of Medicine)

How compassion can help your bottom line

February 27, 2019

Well Health blog (published by Well Health, Inc.)

Lower healthcare costs with TLC: Ending the compassion crisis in under a minute

February 7, 2019

AthenaInsight 3-minute case studies (published by AthenaHealth, Inc.)

Compassionomics 101: How kindness can make a big difference in health care

December 18, 2018

Philly Voice

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