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Data, Knowledge & Information Victoria aceti , MA. Lecture 3 Thurs. Jan, 19. agenda. Position Paper Group-led Discussion Group & Date choosing Case Study: Group Health Centre Lecture Clinical Communication Adverse Events Communication Issues Final Thoughts.
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Data, Knowledge & InformationVictoria aceti, MA Lecture 3 Thurs. Jan, 19 Data, Knowledge & Information
agenda • Position Paper • Group-led Discussion Group & Date choosing • Case Study: Group Health Centre • Lecture • Clinical Communication • Adverse Events • Communication Issues • Final Thoughts Data, Knowledge & Information
Data, knowledge & Information • Data • Knowledge • Information • Communication Data, Knowledge & Information
Clinical Communication Space • 50% of inter-professional communication occurs face-to-face • Lack of asynchronous communication • Physicians communicate the most among colleagues • O’Halloran & colleagues concluded that environmental factors influence communication between patients and healthcare providers • Inefficiencies in existing communication and information structures cause there to be more communication “Understanding the interrelationship between communication and information tasks may help us re-evaluate the role of technologic support” (Coiera, 2000, p.285) Data, Knowledge & Information
Communication related Adverse Events • There are serious concerns with communication in the clinical environment. Data, Knowledge & Information
Clinical Communication Space Inter-professional Communication Provider-Patient Communication Functional health literacy Language barriers Age of patients TMI • Highly interruptive • Poor communication systems • Poor practices • Highly specialized environment • Legibility of physician orders Data, Knowledge & Information
Recognize the importance of informal communication • Understand communication tasks before we can fix them with technologies • Realize how the organizational context (environment) affects communication What does this mean moving forward? Data, Knowledge & Information
Final Thoughts Take Home Messages • Clinical communication space is a highly interruptive environment prone to errors. • Recognize the importance of informal communication. • Understand communication tasks before we can fix them with technologies Blog Assignment • Due Monday, January 30th • Find a news article about the proposed changes to the 2014 Health Accord. Copy the link to the article in your post and discuss your thoughts on what the article is arguing. Data, Knowledge & Information