Healthcare
The Quickest Way to Improve Health Care
Research shows prioritizing information-sharing between providers would save lives.
February 21, 2020
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Julie Griesert
Medical workers are trained in silos — they’re good at what they do, but they’re not always good at talking to each other.
Professor Sara Singer studies how high-performing systems work and found the better the communication, the better the care.
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