Leveraging Communication Tools to Improve Patient Outcomes
There is a disparate awareness about the prevalence of communication problems occurring during surgical operations among varying medical professionals.
There is a disparate awareness about the prevalence of communication problems occurring during surgical operations among varying medical professionals.
The opioid epidemic is a major public health concern in the U.S. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 70,630 people died from drug overdoses and 10.1 million people misused opioid prescriptions in 2019 alone.
In the month of October 2018, 25% of Medicare patients experienced harm during their hospital stay – for 43% of these patients, the harm events were preventable.