Assessment of the quality of interdisciplinary communication (CritCom): evaluation and refinement of a center summary report.

ABSTRACT: Communication failures among clinicians in the ICU (intensive care unit) often lead to worse patient outcomes. CritCom is a bilingual (English and Spanish) tool to evaluate the quality of interdisciplinary communication around patient deterioration for pediatric oncology patients. The use of reports, such as the CritCom report, as dissemination methods lead to quicker knowledge translation and implementation of research findings into policy. Nurses and physicians at participating centers who care for patients at risk of deterioration completed the CritCom survey and center-specific reports were generated to communicate CritCom results. Focus groups were conducted with clinicians receiving CritCom reports in both English and Spanish to evaluate report clarity and usability. Participants fou

SUBMITTER: Counts L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11234842 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature