Patients trust their doctors more when wearing ClearMask™ transparent masks compared to standard masks News provided by Share this article Share this article First-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of American Medical Association Surgery says improved patient-provider communication through the ClearMask ™ BALTIMORE, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A Journal of American Medical Association Surgery on March 11, 2021 suggests that doctors who wear ClearMask™ transparent face masks greatly improve communication with patients compared to doctors whose faces are blocked by a standard face mask. Results showed that providers who wore the ClearMask™ are not only better communicators, they are also perceived as having more empathy and elicit greater trust.