Effective Communication Improves Patient Safety

PEOPLE WHO WORK within today's health care environment understand its complexity and interdependency, and even consumers of health care appreciate the complexity. The Institute of Medicine completed a study in 2012, which highlighted some of these complexities.1 For example, an elderly patient today with multiple comorbidities, such as obesity, diabetes, and hypertension may be taking up to 19 medications. The average elderly patient in the United States sees seven different doctors.1 Similar elderly patients enter in and out of health care environments daily.
Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Patient Safety Source Type: research