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While preparing for a colonoscopy, a patient hit “record” on his smartphone to make sure he heard the instructions his doctor would give him after the procedure. When he played back the recording he was shocked to find that while he lay unconscious, the surgical team had mocked him, told an assistant to lie to him, and then put a false diagnosis on his chart. This incident raises important questions about the authenticity and professionalism of medical professionals.

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The Arnold P. Gold Foundation provided funding to support “Ask Me a Question”, a project of Creative Director Annie Levy of the MADE VISIBLE Foundation. This video project tells the stories of five different people who were/are patients. The videos are designed to be an interactive teaching tool to allow students and physicians to learn firsthand about the patient’s experience of illness through the patient’s own words and images.

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GHHS invites participation in National Solidarity Day by all providers of patient care such as medical and nursing schools, residency training programs, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centers.

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In an effort spearheaded by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, U.S. senators designated February 14th as National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care (S Res. 350), highlighting the value of patient-centered care and the scientifically demonstrated importance of compassion in improving patients’ healthcare outcomes.

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A crowd of almost 1,300 gathered to hear Anna Quindlen’s lecture about how doctors, nurses and consumers can make one another better. The lecture, co-sponsored by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to enhancing patient-practitioner relationships, and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), was delivered at the 2013 AAMC annual meeting.

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At the Association of American Medical Colleges 2013 Awards Dinner, Arnold P. Gold, MD and Sandra O. Gold, Ed.D. were presented with a Special Recognition Award for promoting the intrinsic importance of the human side of medicine through the work of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.

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: The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the healthcare professional - patient relationship, recognized the deans of medical schools at Boston University, Tufts University, Harvard University and University of Massachusetts for their significant contributions to keeping the care in healthcare.

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The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the healthcare professional - patient relationship, recognized luminaries Ronald Arky, MD and Mary Fisher for their significant contributions to keeping the care in healthcare.

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The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announce a new collaboration to recognize nurses who exhibit leadership in compassionate, humanistic care as educators, researchers, mentors and practitioners as well as students who exemplify and demonstrate these qualities.

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The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the doctor-patient relationship, will support the work of three prestigious medical educators as they develop and test educational strategies to ensure that medical students learn the lessons of humanistic and compassionate healthcare.

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As it ends successful 27 years of promoting healthcare through the eyes of the patient, Picker Institute's largest grant is awarded to Gold Foundation Dedicated to enhancing the doctor-patient relationship,The Gold Foundation will use the $500,000 donation to continue the Picker/Gold Medical Education Challenge Grants and to establish the Jean and Harvey Picker directorship at the Gold Foundation’s Research Institute.

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National Solidarity Day for Compassionate Patient Care, initiated by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, highlights the value of patient-centered, compassionate care and is celebrated by medical schools and healthcare institutions and distinguished by drawing attention to the scientifically demonstrated importance of empathy and compassion in improving patients’ healthcare outcomes.

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Arnold P. Gold Foundation Chooses Internationally Recognized Physician Scientist and Educator as New President and CEO Summary: During the Century of Biology, The Gold Foundation, dedicated to enhancing the doctor-patient relationship, engages new leadership to broaden and deepen its efforts to enhance the balance between technologist and healer.