Health Care

The Quickest Way to Improve Health Care

Research shows prioritizing information-sharing between providers would save lives.

February 21, 2020

| by 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.

Operations, Information & Technology , Health Care , Innovation

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