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Correlations of nursing communication network metrics with patient outcomes.

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: Communication problems have been implicated in many safety and quality issues, but tools to examine communication networks and their impact on patient outcomes are only beginning to become available. We used *ORA, an organizational risk analyzer that allows the dynamic analysis of organizational networks to explore the communication networks among staff on seven nursing units in three Arizona hospitals. The results showed correlations between a number of *ORA metrics and patient safety and quality outcomes. *ORA provides researchers another way to study the influence of communication among staff on patient outcomes.

Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)

Authors: Judith Effken, Sheila Gephart, Denise Bianchi, Joyce Verran

Institution: University of Arizona

Language: English

Topic: Patient Safety and Medication Errors

Subfield: Emergency Medical Services

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institutes of Health

Award: DyNADS: A Dynamic Network Analysis Decision Support Tool for Nurse Managers