Improving Communication In Health Care

In closing I feel the communication used in healthcare could be the difference between excellent customer (patient) service and a negative or fatal outcome due to lack of good communication between the staff members

The practice of nursing utilizes constant communication between nurses, patients, physicians, coworkers, and various other members of the healthcare team. It is clear that effective communication is vital in the provision of safe and effective nursing care. A long history of miscommunication-related medical errors has spurred research aimed toward improving communication and lessening consequent error. Research has identified various forms of communication structure acronyms that when used correctly, allows for a more organized and precise shift report. These acronyms include SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation, and SHARE (Standardize, Hardwire, Allow opportunities to ask questions, Reinforce, and Educate). In addition, studies have identified a more effective shift report location that enhances nurse-to-nurse as well as nurse-to-patient communication. Bedside reporting was explored and determined to be a very effective form of nursing report that increases overall patient safety and satisfaction. Communication improvement is a continuous focus within the healthcare arena and is vital in the provision of safe patient care.

Although the information provided through class by the means of lecture and lab was vital, it is difficult to properly simulate a functional laboratory environment due to the large and expensive equipment utilized in this field of medicine. Therefore, it is important that we as medical laboratory scientist students are provided this type of 20 week clinical experience so that we have the chance to acquire this type of understanding of work flows, processes, and clinically relevant information that can only be learned in this type of

Using effective communication strategies between healthcare practitioners and patients is essential to ensure high-quality and safe patient outcomes. As health care becomes more complex, the focus for organizations and health care professionals is focused on processes that facilitate clear communication and collaboration, that in turn improves patient safety and outcomes (Rosenstein, Dinklin, & Munro, 2014). Successful collaboration and improved outcomes is directly related to the quality of communication. Effective communication in a healthcare organization engages staff, conveys trust, and sets expectations for accountability (Men, 2014).

The purpose of effective communication in healthcare is to provide first-class medical care, minimal to no medical errors and have precision; and without it there is room for medical errors, poor patient care and an ineffective team that produces undesired outcome. In the professional and patient relationship, the lack of good communication causes the patient to be apprehensive in asking questions, to worry about being bothersome because they feel other patients are sicker, and there is an assumption that the patient does not have any concerns. There are barriers to communication that include only one between the sender and receiver of the message understands the message, cultural differences, and lack of education. In sending the message it is essential that the message is received with clarity, it is concise and complete. If the patient has a language barrier, it can be masked by the patient not responding to information and it is detected as a result of poor or no compliance. In literacy concerns, all information should be presented on a 5th grade level to aid in the comprehension of the information. The care of the patient should be patient/family centered which helps in detecting any language, cultural or literacy barriers (Schyve, 2007). For example, a 46 year old single male patient that is functionally literate is admitted with a diagnosis of acute angina. During the

Communication is a basic, root function of living. Communication happens with words, without words, using symbols, gestures, sounds, and drawings. Sometimes getting the idea across to the receiver of the communication is a difficult task when there are communication barriers such as different languages, cognitive ability, and disability. Communication is an essential tool that needs constant use and refinement to be effective for the user and receiver. In this paper, the basic elements of communication, health care communication, consumer communication, and cultural differences in communication will be the topics of discussion.

There are a number of barriers to effective communication in health and social care. One of these is environment. If the environment gets in the way of effective communication, then the receiver may not understand the message that is being given to them. An example of environmental factors in a health and social setting would be a busy hospital being uncomfortably busy or loud. If a patient is in a busy ward and cannot relax due to excessive noise, phones ringing and people bustling in and out, they will not be able to relax or get any proper rest, which will affect their recovery.

Medical documentation is important to know and complete properly to ensure that the office or practice you are employed with does not get flagged during an audit. Paying close attention to detail is key!

Communication plays very important role in the provision of quality care to the patients. Healthcare team are working hard to improve patient safety, implementing new programs and increasing patient satisfaction score. In all these task effective and proper communication skills is very important. Although some function of management such as planning, organization and controlling can be reasonably isolated, communication impacts all management activities and cuts across all phases of the management process (Marquis& Huston, 2012).

Most patients have a better understanding of what is expected of them when it is communicated clearly and effectively by their physician. Communication is the process of understanding and having meaning (Du Pre, 2005.) and it is also the process of relaying information between people by the use of words, letters, symbols, or body language (Sallee & Forrest, 2005,).

According to O'Daniel & Rosenstein (2008), having good communication skills is the most important part of healthcare professionals. In today's healthcare system having good communication skill and team work involves various of boundaries these include the level of an individual's education and experiences. The one that lacks to communicate or work as the team creates many serious situations where medical errors can occur. The little errors through communication have the potential to cause many problems of patients. Such medical errors, mostly caused by a failure to communicate are an extensive matter within health care. This essay will redirect based on the group task and focus on the role I played in this group activity, as well as explanations

Physicians like pharmacists for example, can take a minute or two with the patient and verbally explain

I agree that miscommunication and breakdown in understanding can result in adverse effects and patient harm. Because much of medical care is really information management, this communication between treatment team members and the patient and patient’s family is a core component of health care—it is more than an adjunct or facilitator of health care (Schyve, 2007). Effective communication is communication that is comprehended by both participants; it is usually bidirectional between participants, and enables both participants to clarify the intended message. In the absence of comprehension, effective communication does not occur; when effective communication is absent, the provision of health care ends—or proceeds only with errors,

A laboratory safe practice impacts the safety of a patient, his/her whole life, and the performance of other practitioners in the treatment chain. A wrong interpretation of laboratory result by laboratory scientist can affect a physician’s diagnosis and prescription. The wrong diagnosis

Communication is a crucial skill in every career or profession; Therefore, medical laboratory science should show professionalism in their writing skills. Writing is one means of communication that is important in medicine. In a writer’s absence things that are written down are communicated. Writing is one way a doctor can communicate with a nurse or other health practitioner without seeing them visibly. It is vital for medical laboratory scientists to communicate their patient 's results in writing. The inability of a medical Laboratory scientist to communicate a patient result accurately can have a severe effect on a patient. Writing is important in the medical field because Patient medical reports are kept securely for many years