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6 impacts of using outdated communication tools
Author(s)Todd Shryock, Logan Lutton
The state of communication in healthcare is fragmented at best
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A survey of healthcare leaders and patients conducted by TigerConnect, a provider of team collaboration software, examined challenges in healthcare communication. The results show a fragmented state of communication in healthcare, with many organizations still heavily reliant on landline phones, fax machines, and pagers.Here are the impacts of using outdated communication tools.
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