Hcs/320 Health Care Communication Research Paper

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Communication Opinion Paper
Ebony Smith
HCS/320

Health Care Communication
In today’s society, effective communication establishes a better and stronger relationship within the work place. Communication plays a major part of everyday living rather you work in a hospital, nursing homes, outpatient setting, long term care or any place of employment. Communicating can be a process in health care. Learning how to communicate between more than one people in the office, on the phone with health care providers, insurance companies, doctor offices, billing department or even health care facilities can get very demanding and overwhelming in a day to day operation. The organization I work for communication is a key component. I work as a Registration
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Working as a health care professional you interact with many different peoples on a daily basis. Your communication with people could be either on the phone or face to face. It is very important to monitor your conversation when you are communicating about people medical history or personal information. It is extremely important to watch your tone of voice, body language, attitudes and negative conversation while working in a professional environment. When communicating with different peoples and many different attitudes you must act and speak at a professional level, because some people are not going to speak in a nice tone of voice. If negative conversation is coming from the employees who work in the office and patients can hear the conservation, you probably hear negative feedback from the patients. According to Du Pre, A. (2005) (chapter 1) (p.6) Health communication is important to individuals, organizations, and society overall. It is crucial to meeting medical goals, enhancing personal well-being, saving time and money, and making the most of health information. This is one way to lose patient care and bring down the health care business. One thing I learn while working in health care you always try to find a way to accommodate the patients. You smile, provide eye-to-eye contact,…show more content…
It is very important to remember when working as a health care professional you will interact with all cultures of people. Working in health care one cultures difference you will interact with would be language barriers. Just keep in mind, when communicating with people with language barriers speak slow, clear and provide eye contact. Some people are very good with reading your lips. Another language barrier some people speak in a very high tone of voice. It is truly important when you are communicating with people of cultural difference. You speak in a neutral tone of voice and are very considered of their feelings, thoughts and
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