What whiteboards in a trauma center operating suite can teach us about emergency department communication.

Yan Xiao; Stephen M Schenkel; Samer Faraj; Colin F Mackenzie; Jacqueline Moss

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What whiteboards in a trauma center operating suite can teach us about emergency department communication.

May 30, 2007

Xiao Y, Schenkel SM, Faraj S, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;50(4):387-95.

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The authors observed and photographed ways in which staff used a whiteboard in a surgical trauma unit and found that the board was an effective tool for team collaboration and communication.

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