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TPIU Compassionate Doctors Interview Series Barry Boyd MD Empathy Action Compassion As an industry agent of change TPIU empowers patients to receive compassionate care and healthcare workers to practice greater compassion towards patients colleagues and themselves to ultimately attain three crucial strategic goals Show your commitment to providing compassionate healthcare. For Patients Every patient deserves to be heard and understood For Providers Healthcare should be about both healing and caring For Supporters Supporting compassionate healthcare is an active choice Helping Patients and Providers Its a winwin situation for all Practicing Compassionate Healthcare fosters patient satisfaction and enhances the sense of fulfillment among healthcare practitioners. Compassionate Healthcare allows patients to achieve better medical results and decreases the likelihood of healthcare workers facing medical malpractice allegations. Research shows that Compassionate Healthcare Providers order less expensive tests and patients receiving Compassionate Care take better care of themselves leading to decreased healthcare costs.