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250,000 patients in the US die every year from medical mistakes — and most of them can be traced to communication errors.1 If you’re using offline methods to track on-call scheduling, or a software solution that isn’t enterprise-grade, you could be putting patients at risk.
5 questions about on-call scheduling that help ensure patient safety provides thought-provoking questions that will help identify where your on-call scheduling system could fall short. Questions like:
These are just a few of the critical points you’ll see in this piece that can make the difference between on-call success and serious patient safety issues.
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