Although it has limits, open communication can decrease the emotional and behavioral impacts of medical errors. Open communication with patients after medical errors decreases emotional impacts and ...

Communication errors or issues typically occur in the workplace because of hectic schedules and busy professional lives. Resolving communication problems quickly prevents the situation from becoming ...

Errors in telephone communication can result in outcomes ranging from inconvenience and anxiety to serious compromises in patient safety. Although 25% of interactions between physicians and patients ...

Issues in communication can often be seen as inconsequential, which is reflected in how we talk about them—”verbal flubs,” “slip-ups,” “lapses in communication,” and so on. But these little turns of ...

Structured tools can reduce 'end-of-round time compression' during multidisciplinary morning rounds in the hospital, according to a new study. Structured tools can reduce "end-of-round time ...

David May, MD, PhD, FACC, and Patrick White explain how communication barriers between healthcare professionals and patients, as well as a lack of understanding about patients’ health behaviors ...

In my 15 years of working primarily with women leaders, many of them have shared their frustration and fears about talking to decision-makers and how difficult it feels to convey their desire for ...

Communication is the key to company culture. It is the soft tissue that holds an enterprise together. Daily interactions compound—through email, video calls and around the proverbial water cooler—and ...

Approximately one-third of malpractice cases involving nursing cite a breakdown in communication, according to the recently published “Malpractice Risks in Communication Failures: 2015 Annual ...

Primary care physicians and general medicine practitioners are frequently expected to be “in the loop” regarding all the care their patients are receiving. This is not easy to achieve, and when these ...