Dr. O Oluborode
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Effective Communication and Teamwork in Promoting Patient Safety
- By Dr. O Oluborode
- Published January 5, 2012
- Patient Safety
Ineffective or insufficient communication among team members is a major contributing factor to adverse events in healthcare as revealed by a growing body of literature on safety and error prevention. Patient harm, increase length of stay and ineffective resource use are some of the results of communication failures in acute settings.