When used effectively, whiteboards in hospitals and healthcare facilities can greatly improve teamwork, communication, and patient care. If you have not seen your patient room whiteboards make a difference in patient satisfaction and care, the problem may lie in one of these areas.

Known as “the winter blues”, the phenomena of patient satisfaction scores dropping during the winter months has long been both a mystery and a concern for hospitals.

Certain glassboards can be customized to have interchangeable inserts, which can be swapped out at will without having to remove the glass frame/writing surface.

Hospital whiteboards can seem like simple objects, but there is more to them. Everything from how they are constructed to the materials used can impact their longevity, performance, and ease of use.

Regardless of the situation, whiteboards can be optimized to deliver information to a patient’s family or anyone else who may benefit from what is being conveyed. 

Knowing what each person values in having on the whiteboard will allow you to create a whiteboard solution that is effective and helpful to patients and staff.

Since many sentinel events are rooted in communication errors, this makes hospital whiteboards, useful communications aids, all the more important in hospital settings. 

Communication is vital for every healthcare facility. In order to most effectively use patient room whiteboards to better communicate with patients in your facility, follow these best practices. 

The studies that back these new practices, according to a compilation of 69 articles compiled by researchers, have led to the discovery of a few communication gaps commonly found in hospitals.