Importance of Improving Communication Between Health Professionals

Improving health professionals' communication skills: a major global endeavour.

Improving communication between health professionals and women in maternity care: a structured review.

OBJECTIVE To review trials of the effectiveness of interventions aimed at improving communication between health professionals and women in maternity care. SEARCH STRATEGY The electronic databases Medline, PsycLit, The Cochrane Library, BIDS Science and Social Science Indexes, Cinahl and Embase were searched. Final searches were carried out in April 2000. INCLUSION CRITERIA Controlled trial...

Communication between Health Care Professionals and the Multidisciplinary Focus

Due to the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and the increasing burden this is placing on society, an increased interest in possible treatment remedies of musculoskeletal pain is evident. The “news section” in a recent British Medical Journal reported that “complementary medicine is booming worldwide”. This is mainly the result of patient satisfaction, costeffectiveness of some of these comple...

Improving communication between health-care professionals and patients with limited English proficiency in the general practice setting.

Quality service provision and patient safety and satisfaction in encounters with health-care professionals relies on effective communication between the practitioner and patient. This study aimed to identify effective practices for improving communication between clinical staff in general practice and patients with limited English proficiency, and to promote their implementation in general prac...

Improving health care professionals' feedback on communication skills: development of an on-line resource.

OBJECTIVE This project aimed to develop an open-access on-line resource to assist health care professionals in providing effective feedback on patient-centered clinical and communication skills. The collaborative nature of the development of this learning resource is outlined and evaluation of its use is discussed. METHODS An inter-professional team of teaching staff from two London Universit...