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Web-based communication tool, training associated with less medical errors
A web-based tool and health care professional training improved communication during patient handoffs and reduced medical errors, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine."Communication among health care personnel is vulnerable to error during patient handoffs (ie, the transfer of responsibility for patient care between health care professionals)," Stephanie K. Mueller, MD, MPH, from the division of general internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and colleagues wrote. "Handoffs occur with high frequency in the hospital and have been increasing following restrictions of resident work hours. However, to our knowledge, (Read more...)