The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board has appealed to physicians to collaborate in “fixing healthcare in Bermuda”. However, a veteran doctor has warned that basic communications between ...

Healthcare communication costs trust, which is essential for good patient care. That loss of trust also translates to tangible healthcare costs. “During our first conversation, all I could think about ...

Too often, message sending processes are disjointed, says one nursing IT leader – calling for a more personalized approach to ...

There were so many doctors, nurses and hospital staff members attending to the patient in the medical intensive care unit (MICU), it was so crowded, there was virtually nowhere to move in the room.

Patients' lives are being put at risk by poor communication from health care professionals in hospitals worldwide, according to new research my colleagues and I conducted. Our analysis included 46 ...

Modern society is riddled with examples of how poor communication can lead to confusion and chaos. Poor communication has become the standard in society, and many people have never been taught what ...

Okay, so my aunt had surgery last spring. Hip replacement. She was in the hospital for about four days. I visited her a ...

Poor communication contributed to 24.0 percent of safety incidents in 42 studies that examined its contribution along with other causes. (HealthDay News) — Poor communication is a major contributor to ...

Perceived discrimination in healthcare settings is linked to delays in seeking diabetes care, mediated by poor patient-clinician communication. Younger adults and racial and ethnic minorities ...