Intelligent communications platform helps prevent medical errors

June 1, 2012, 10:49 am by Healthcare IT News

The Joint Commission has found that communication breakdown is the overwhelming root cause of sentinel events. Terry Edwards, CEO of PerfectServe, an intelligent clinical communications platform, is trying to do something about it. Miscommunication can be a huge problem, says Edwards, especially when the typical 300-bed hospital has more than 500 communications per day. read more

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