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 ...

Forty-six eligible studies were included in the analysis with 67,826 patients. HealthDay News — Poor communication is a major contributor to patient safety incidents, according to a review published ...

Firstup research exposes how communication breakdowns impact nurse and patient experiences; 90 percent of hospital nurses ...

Miscommunication between hospital staff regularly puts patients at risk, a new study says. Poor communications between health care workers contributed to 25% of hospital incidents that put patients' ...

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

A recent study found that nurse burnout is linked to lower healthcare quality, patient safety grades, and patient satisfaction. The study, published Nov. 5 in JAMA Network Open, analyzed 85 studies ...

Healthcare workers in the United States continue to experience high levels of job-related stress and burnout, particularly among nurses in the frontlines of healthcare delivery. Burnout is an ...

Employee engagement is key to delivering on patient experience promises and to high performance as an organization, says this CNO. Nurse engagement is a critical part of building a sustainable ...

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 ...

Interventions improving communication between health care providers and patients, in turn, lowering risk of patient safety incidents, are needed. HealthDay News — Poor communication is a major ...

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 ...