HealthLeaders Media August 8, 2024
CMOs and other healthcare leaders need to employ several strategies to restore trust, such as pushing back on misinformation about who profits from vaccines.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Higher levels of trust were associated with a higher chance of vaccination for COVID-19 or influenza, as well as getting a COVID-19 booster.
– Reasons for loss of trust include concerns over conflicts of interest and people having had a bad experience with healthcare.
Trust in physicians and hospitals fell from 71.5% in April 2020 to 40.1% in January 2024, according to a new research article.
The trust patients place in physicians and hospitals is an important concern for CMOs and public health officials. If patients do not trust physicians and hospitals, they...