Good communication skills are the ability of a person to communicate with the other in an effective manner. The electrophysiology lab requires effective communication among several disciplines and departments in order to run efficiently. Factors identified that are affected by communication include: patient care; procedural flow/scheduling; physician and employee satisfaction; interdepartmental relations; and patient outcomes. Within this blog I will describe the connection of communication and the several factors that are affected.

Patient Care:
It is imperative that all members of a specific EP lab communicate in order to provide exceptional care for the patient. The communication needs to involve each member of the team, equipment involved and physician. If anything is missed with this process, it could prove to be detrimental to the patient outcome.

Example: Communication of Heparin Administration.