Can We Talk? Priorities for Patient Care Differed Among Health Care Providers

Abstract

Poor communication and collaboration between members of a patient's health care team can result in medical errors and poor quality of care. The purpose of this study was to assess communication and consensus regarding patient care goals between members of the health care team (physicians, registered nurses RNs, and patient care technicians PCTs) caring for the same patient on a given day.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA433938

Entities

People

  • Bradley Evanoff
  • Clay Dunagan
  • Deborah Grayson
  • Laurie Wolf
  • Patricia Potter
  • Stuart Boxerman

Organizations

  • United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patient Care
  • Physicians
  • Teamwork
  • Therapy
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Political science

Readers

  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.