Articles Tagged With: communication
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Patients Offer Insight on ED Providers’ Communication Skills
With better communication, ED patients are more likely to follow recommendations and experience better outcomes.
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Cardiology, Stroke Malpractice Cases Involve ED Providers’ Communication Gaps
Cutting corners with poor communication can lead to devastating patient outcomes.
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Ways for Providers to Improve Contraceptive Access for People with Disabilities
Reproductive health providers use contraceptive counseling techniques largely based on an able-bodied norm, ignoring the needs of people with disabilities. New research suggests that better communication tactics are needed to reduce disparities and remove barriers for people who are deaf or hard of hearing as well as for people with other disabilities. -
Nurses Note Needed Improvements in Care When They Are Patients or Caregivers
Nurses who were patients or caregivers overwhelmingly said they felt the need to intervene in care, a new study revealed. More than 82% of nurses surveyed said they had been either a patient or a caregiver to a patient with a serious medical condition. Ninety-six percent said they felt the need to intervene based on their medical knowledge. -
Learn Best Practices for Conflict Management
One of the most important tactics case management leaders can learn and teach their staff is how to resolve interpersonal conflicts. During the COVID-19 pandemic, case managers and other healthcare professionals have seen a rise in stress and tension at work. This can lead to more conflicts between employees and managers.
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Making the Most of Multidisciplinary Rounds
Communication is one of the most important aspects of the healthcare experience. This is true for the patient, but it also holds for the staff. The better the communication, the smoother the process — and the more lacking the communication, the more frustrating the process. Multidisciplinary rounds (also called interdisciplinary rounds at some organizations) should center on positive communications that keep processes running smoothly. -
Intensity of Treatment Is Common Issue in Consults for Solid Organ Transplant
Ethical questions on organ transplantation have focused mainly on resource allocation — access to transplantation and prioritization of donor organs. A recent analysis revealed few consults were called for questions about appropriate resource allocation. -
Claims Involving Physician Assistant Care Continue
Malpractice claims involving physician assistants in the ED have increased in recent years and are continuing to come up, according to interviews with legal experts. Most emergency physicians who voice concerns are worried about finding themselves defendants in lawsuits — when they never saw or even knew about the patient. -
Research: Surgeon Stress Hurts Non-Technical OR Skills
Performance psychologists have developed education featuring cognitive visual modules and guided reflection to help on this issue. -
COVID-19 Pandemic Put Pioneering Capacity Command Center to the Test
No knew the world would be in the grips of COVID-19 in 2016. That is when Johns Hopkins Hospital unveiled a first-of-its-kind Capacity Command Center (CCC), a high-tech control room designed to apply all the latest analytical tools to bed management, patient transfers, and surge planning. CCC leaders have spent the last five years working around the clock to optimize patient flow and anticipate any potential bottlenecks. But there is no question the concept has been put to the test by pandemic conditions. How did it fare?