Strategies for improving communication in the emergency department: mediums and messages in a noisy environment.

Shari J. Welch; Dickson S. Cheung; Julie Apker; Emily S. Patterson

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Strategies for improving communication in the emergency department: mediums and messages in a noisy environment.

July 24, 2013

Welch SJ, Cheung DS, Apker J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39(6):279-286.

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Discussing how noise and communication failures in the emergency department affect patients and clinicians, this commentary recommends tactics to enhance communication and reduce ambient noise in this setting.

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