title: 'Low-tech' whiteboard is still highly effective.
abstract: A new study to evaluate the effectiveness of the whiteboard as a communications device contains valuable lessons concerning attributes of any communications device. Make sure the most important facts being communicated are highlighted in some fashion with asterisks, boldface type, underlines, etc. Create a system that allows the most important patient information to be effectively communicated from shift to shift. Place your computers side by side with other communications devices to enhance their value.
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006747:Hospital Communication Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008499:Medical Records; D014481:United States