The Impact of Verbal Communication on Physician Prescribing Patterns in Hospitalized Patients With Diabetes

Martin, Katherine L.; Carter, Loletta; Ballunas, Donna; F, Sotoudeh; Moore, Debbie; Westerflield, Joanne

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“…Studies of nurses and physicians have found that asynchronous communication can lead to more time spent on patient care and less on failed communication attempts, potentially improving care 15–17, 30. However, reduced two-way conversation may worsen care by diminishing opportunities to correct misunderstandings, identify errors, discuss care, change management or alter disposition 7, 28, 36. It may also impede team-building and feedback 4.…”

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“…On the other hand, while synchronous communication when it does occur may have numerous benefits both for safety and team-building,4–7 it is highly interruptive 13, 37. Interruptions are a particular burden for emergency department personnel 30.…”

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“…Synchronous communication has numerous advantages, including opportunities for confirmation, clarification, error detection, relationship-building, negotiation about management and disposition, and multidirectional information flow 4–7. Studies of healthcare workers show they are overwhelmingly inclined towards synchronous communication 8.…”

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Evaluation of an Asynchronous Physician Voicemail Sign-out for Emergency Department Admissions

Horwitz

Parwani

Shah

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Annals of Emergency Medicine

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Background-Communication failures contribute to errors in the transfer of patients from the emergency department (ED) to inpatient medicine units. Oral (synchronous) communication has numerous benefits but is costly and time-consuming. Taped (asynchronous) communication may be more reliable and efficient, but lacks interaction. We evaluated a new asynchronous physicianphysician sign-out compared to the traditional synchronous sign-out.

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Parwani

Shah

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Annals of Emergency Medicine

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“…It has been noted that verbal communication, in concert with advances in technological communication, is important in information transfer in health care,18, 31 especially in emergent or urgent conditions 32. For example, eliminating the phoned‐in report from the lab to the ER and replacing it with delivery by an electronic reporting system lacking verbal communication—resulted in 45% of emergent lab results going unchecked 32.…”

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Managing discontinuity in academic medical centers: Strategies for a safe and effective resident sign‐out

Vidyarthi

Arora

Schnipper

et al. 2006

Journal of Hospital Medicine

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BACKGROUNDRestrictions in the hours residents can be on duty have resulted in increased sign‐outs, that is, transfer of patient care information and responsibility from one physician to a cross‐coverage physician, leading to discontinuity in patient care. This sign‐out process, which occurs primarily in the inpatient setting, traditionally has been informal, unstructured, and idiosyncratic. Although studies show that discontinuity may be harmful to patients, this is little data to assist residency programs in redesigning systems to improve sign‐out and manage the discontinuity.PURPOSEThis article reviews the relevant medical literature, current practices in non–health professions in managing discontinuity, and summarizes the existing practice and experiences at 3 academic internal medicine hospitalist‐based programs.CONCLUSIONSWe provide recommendations and strategies for best practices to design safe and effective sign‐out systems for residents that may also be useful to hospitalists working in academic and community settings. Journal of Hospital Medicine 2006;1:257–266. © 2006 Society of Hospital Medicine.

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Current literature in diabetes

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Diabetes Metabolism Res

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In order to keep subscribers up‐to‐date with the latest developments in their field, John Wiley & Sons are providing a current awareness service in each issue of the journal. The bibliography contains newly published material in the field of diabetes/metabolism. Each bibliography is divided into 17 sections: 1 Books, Reviews & Symposia; 2 General; 3 Genetics; 4 Epidemiology; 5 Immunology; 6 Prediction; 7 Prevention; 8 Intervention: a) General; b) Pharmacology; 9 Pathology: a) General; b) Cardiovascular; c) Neurological; d) Renal; 10 Endocrinology & Metabolism; 11 Nutrition; 12 Animal Studies; 13 Techniques. Within each section, articles are listed in alphabetical order with respect to author (4 Weeks journals ‐ Search completed at 24th Mar. 2004)

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The Impact of Verbal Communication on Physician Prescribing Patterns in Hospitalized Patients With Diabetes

Abstract: Communication modality correlates with changes in antidiabetes medications prescribed by physicians and may be an effective tool to facilitate inpatient glycemic control.

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Evaluation of an Asynchronous Physician Voicemail Sign-out for Emergency Department Admissions

Evaluation of an Asynchronous Physician Voicemail Sign-out for Emergency Department Admissions

Managing discontinuity in academic medical centers: Strategies for a safe and effective resident sign‐out

Current literature in diabetes

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