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 ...

Generation Y and Millennial women have learned an important lesson from our female predecessors: we privilege collaborating with one another over competing (or at the very least we espouse that we do) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Researchers have determined several areas that are most prone to intraoperative communication errors, according to a study published in the Journal of Surgical Research. For this study, researchers ...

Healthcare providers should use open communication when disclosing medical errors to limit adverse outcomes such as healthcare avoidance or loss of trust among patients, according to a study published ...