Safety gaps in medical team communication: Results of quality improvement efforts in a cardiac catheterization laboratory.

Andrew J Doorey Zoltan G TuriElizabeth H LazzaraErika G MendozaKirk N GarrattWilliam S Weintraub

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)

Closed-loop communication of physician verbal orders was used infrequently in this medical team setting and proved difficult to fully improve. This is an important safety gap.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
patient safety
healthcare
palliative care
primary care
emergency department
working memory
left ventricular
heart failure