Medical Error Communication

The Impact of Communication on Medication Errors | PSNet

https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/impact-communication-medication-errors

Medical Error - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430763/

The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) legendary report in 1999, "To Err is Human," estimated 98,000 …

Poor Physician-Patient Communication and Medical …

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2021/0615/p757.html

Good communication between physicians and patients is essential to enable good outcomes and avoid medical errors. Sometimes patients cannot express their concerns …

Medical Error Reduction and Prevention - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29763131/

Medical errors are a serious public health problem and a leading cause of death in the United States. It is challenging to uncover a consistent cause of errors and, …

Patient Safety | The Joint Commission

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Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient-and Family-Centered Care ... medical errors result in the death of between 44,000 and 98,000 …

Approach to Improving Patient Safety: Communication

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This type of inadequate communication at handoffs contributes to adverse events, including medication errors. Poor provider communication is a common …

Medical Errors and Poor Communication - CHEST

https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-3692(10)60634-4/fulltext

Communication errors are considered the most common cause of medical errors and should be largely preventable by well-designed procedural policies and good execution. …

The Best Response to Medical Errors?

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The federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released the Communication and Optimal Resolution (CANDOR) Toolkit in 2016 to help hospitals set …

Understanding effective clinical communication in …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20841777/

Clinical Communication failures are considered the leading cause of medical errors [1]. Minimizing communication problems among clinical team members could directly …

The Impact of Poor Communication on …

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Communication breakdowns are a frequent risk management finding in malpractice claims. The Doctors Company identified communication as a contributing …