Communication is at the heart of medical practice management. Yet there are many barriers to effective communication that can interfere with the smooth running of the practice. This article describes the 10 most common barriers to effective medical practice team communication and offers six steps the practice manager can take to break them down. This article also suggests that the practice deve...

OBJECTIVE This study aims to gain insight into patient-perceived communication barriers and facilitators at different stages after the diagnosis of malignant lymphoma. We have detected patterns to explain when these factors influence communication predominantly. METHOD A qualitative approach was applied, derived from the context mapping framework. A total of 28 patients completed a set of ass...

Few studies have fully explored the problem of communication barriers in pediatric palliative care, particularly the detrimental effects of poor interaction between staff and families on children's health and well-being. A literature review was undertaken to expand the current body of knowledge about staff to patient communications. Articles meeting the inclusion criteria (N = 15) were systemat...

OBJECTIVE Patients with COPD frequently do not discuss end-of-life care with physicians; therefore, we sought to identify the barriers and facilitators to this communication as a first step to overcoming barriers and capitalizing on facilitators. DESIGN Fifteen barriers and 11 facilitators to patient-physician communication about end-of-life care were generated from focus groups of patients w...

health care systems should assign quality improvement as their main mission. clinical governance (cg) is a key strategy to improve quality of health care services. the iranian ministry of health and medical education (mohme) has promoted cg as a framework for safeguarding quality and safety in all hospitals since 2009. the purpose of this study was to explore perceived facilitators and barriers...

This thesis frames a new and comprehensive picture of digital scholarly communication today. The advent and pervasiveness of the internet could profoundly impact the research workflows, paving a way for Open Science. Given the growing demand by funders, society and policy-makers, it is needed to understand if this is indeed the case. Related research has suggested that adoption of innovations i...

OBJECTIVES This paper examines the effects of new technology on team communication and information flow in a complex work environment, and offers design suggestions for improved team performance. BACKGROUND Case study of a robot-assisted cholecystectomy procedure revealed teamwork disruption and an increase in the complexity of information flow and communication in the operating room as a res...

BACKGROUND The complex process of discharging patients from acute care to community care requires a multifaceted interaction between all health care providers and patients. Poor communication in a patient's discharge can result in post hospital adverse events, readmission, and mortality. Because of the gravity of these problems, discharge planning has been emphasized as a potential solution. Th...