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Interpersonal communication is a key part of interaction in health care and can be transformed by the intelligent use of technology. The critical role that communications play among people in ...

Interpersonal communication is a key part of interaction in health care and can be transformed by the intelligent use of technology. The critical role that communications play among people in healthcare is often neglected in this conversation. Human beings require communication both for information exchange and for affective content that may accompany the information, such as nonverbal signals like facial expressions or body language. We’ll examine exemplar models where technology has been applied to facilitate communication in a highly collaborative and mobile environment that is healthcare.