Impact of patient communication problems on the risk of preventable adverse events in acute care settings.

Gillian Bartlett; Régis Blais; Robyn Tamblyn; Richard J. Clermont; Brenda MacGibbon

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Impact of patient communication problems on the risk of preventable adverse events in acute care settings.

April 22, 2011

Bartlett G, Blais R, Tamblyn R, et al. CMAJ. 2008;178(12):1555-62.

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Patients with communication difficulties, including deafness or language barriers, had an increased risk of experiencing an adverse event during hospitalization.

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