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Overcoming communication barriers

When it comes to overcoming communication barriers in health care, I believe that technology is certainly making it that much easier to transfer information. With the use of better software programs, our clients’ information is not only more organized, but is also more easily transferable from one setting to the next. In addition to this, increased access to the internet in the hospital setting and remote regions, allows critical updates to be received a lot faster as well. Having these rapid services available leaves less room for error while also increasing accuracy. Overall, the rapid development of new technologies in today’s health care system has helped make services more efficient.