Hospitals - Communication Plays A Crucial Role In Patient Safety
1st Jan 2006, 02:53 GMT
Richard Fitzpatrick, CEO of The Language Access Network: "There are nearly 28,600 preventable deaths each year in U.S. health care facilities directly correlated to a lack of proper communication between patient and caregivers, and that issue increases as 18 percent of the U.S. population speaks a language other than English at home and 11 million Americans don't speak English at all... click link for more info.
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