Non-Medical Radiography Staff Experiences in Inter-Professional Communication: A Swedish Qualitative Focus Group Interview Study

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Table 1 Theme and Categories Describing Non-Medical Disciplines Experiences of Inter-Professional Communication Within the Radiology Department and with Remitting

Theme	Experiences of Interprofessional Communication
Categories	Different Modes of Communication		Practical Aspect		Patients’ Safety
Sub-Categories	Written Communication	Oral Communication	Routines	Time and Economy	Communications’ Quality	Suggestions for Improvement
	Inadequate request forms structure	Unnecessary phone calls	Identification of risk patients	Time-consuming request form	Lower quality	Avoid careless mistakes
	Insufficient information	Lack of direct communication	Safety to know each other	Waste of time	disposing	Lack of commitment
	Incorrect information in request forms	Direct communication	Insecure not to know each other	Change of survey	Nursing	Interprofessional
	Incorrect information	helps	Easier to handle the paper request forms	Extra effort	Radiation safety	cooperation
	Insufficient information	Lack of personnel contact	Unclear whose responsibility	Time-consuming tasks	Lack of security	Better social relationship
	Incorrect information in request forms	Lack of direct interprofessional contact	Planned activity	Unnecessary effort	Dignity	Voluntary social
	Unclear language in the request forms	Extreme phone calls	Different routines	Incorrect information requires time	Interpreter is important	contacts
	Complex written	Unnecessary communication	Lack of general guidelines	Availability by phone	Staff as interprets	Better private relationships
	Communication	Complex communication	Unnecessary tasks	Time-saving	Clearer electricity request forms structure	Clear language in communication
	Better electronic communication	Successful interprofessional communication	Unclear routines	Cost	High accessibility
		Nice phone calls	Wrong priority	Economic issue	Change of request form appearance
			Shared responsibility	Repeatedly error orders	No interpreter exists
					Community
					Correct examination code
					Interprofessional understanding