Interprofessional Communication in Medicine

This is the next article in our series aimed at providing a detailed examination of the challenges and pitfalls in different types of medical negligence lawsuits and approaches to overcoming them. Kate McInnes focusses on cases where miscommunications have caused or contributed to a plaintiff’s injury. The importance of communication in Canada’s team-based model of healthcare is discussed, and the role that complete and accurate communication of patient information plays in defining the standard of care of physicians and nurses is explained, using a recent B.C. Supreme Court judgement as a case study.