5 questions about on-call scheduling that help ensure patient safety
Still using spreadsheets, PDFs and whiteboards? It’s time to move on.
250,000 patients in the US die every year from medical mistakes — and most of them can be traced to communication errors.1 Considering that 40% of communication in hospitals is just trying to find the right provider,2 it’s clear that better on-call scheduling is required. Learn the five questions that can help you identify if your health system needs a new, enterprise-level on-call scheduling approach.
1. Makary MA, Daniel M. Medical error—the third leading cause of death in the US. BMJ. 2016;353:i2139. doi:10.1136/bmj.i2139
2. Hendrich A, Chow MP, Skierczynski BA, Lu Z. A 36-hospital time and motion study: how do medical-surgical nurses spend their time? Perm J. 2008;12(3):25-34. doi:10.7812/TPP/08-021