Patterns of medical and nursing staff communication in nursing homes: implications and insights from complexity science.

Cathleen S. Colón-Emeric; Natalie Ammarell; Donald Bailey; Kirsten Corazzini; Deborah Lekan-Rutledge; Mary L. Piven; Queen Utley-Smith; Ruth A. Anderson

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Patterns of medical and nursing staff communication in nursing homes: implications and insights from complexity science.

February 8, 2006

Colón-Emeric CS, Ammarell N, Bailey D, et al. Qual Health Res. 2006;16(2):173-88.

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The authors compare communication among nursing home staff in two facilities and discuss how communication patterns affect information flow.

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