Regarding communication errors, a study from dealt with the nature of surgeon information transfer and
communication practices (ITCP) errors that cause unfavourable
patient consequences. The authors assessed the communication
within group study, namely surgical residents group, general surgery
attending physicians, and surgical nurses groups. Incidents
were grouped as: ‘‘blurred boundaries of responsibility, decreased
surgeon familiarity with patients, diversion of surgeon attention,
and distorted or inhibited communication’’. They concluded on
the necessity of changing cultures to well achieve Re-engineering
ITCP. Another study by investigated the
communications in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) considering skills
that can prevent against medical errors. They identified a correlation
between team members and improved technical performance.
By opposition to some domains like surgery, they noticed that relevant
communication and teamwork skills for safety need to be
closely searched.