Finance and Business Management Journal (FBMJ)
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): JULY

Shared Decision-Making Based Structured Communication in Improving Patient Understanding and Patient Safety

Diaz Alifarizki Zuvarcan (Universitas Adhirajasa Reswara Sanjaya (ARS University))
Dasrun Hidayat (Universitas Adhirajasa Reswara Sanjaya)
Mira Veranita (Universitas Adhirajasa Reswara Sanjaya)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Aug 2026

Abstract

Clinical communication failures and low patient involvement are the primary causes of patient safety incidents in hospitals. The asymmetrical communication in the inpatient wards of RSUD Dr. Moewardi potentially reduces patient understanding, particularly in chronic cases involving high-risk therapies. This study aims to explore the implementation of a structured communication system based on Shared Decision-Making (SDM) and to measure its impact on enhancing patient understanding (health literacy) and strengthening personalized-care-based patient safety. This study employs a Mixed Methods Sequential Exploratory design. The qualitative exploratory phase involves in-depth interviews with 11 informants (healthcare professionals, head nurses, and patients/families) to investigate the implementation of communication and its barriers in the field. These findings serve as the foundation for developing quantitative instruments, which will be distributed to 96 healthcare professionals using a proportionate stratified random sampling technique. The data will be analyzed using inferential statistics to evaluate the effects and mediation among variables. The results are expected to demonstrate that health literacy significantly mediates the impact of structured communication on patient safety. The implications of this study are projected to provide a strategic foundation for hospital management to reconstruct bedside handover and educational guidelines, making them more personal and participatory to prevent Adverse Events (AEs).

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Journal Info

Abbrev

fbmj

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Subject

Humanities Economics, Econometrics & Finance Social Sciences

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Human Resource Management, Financial Management, Marketing Management, Public Sector Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Governance, Business Ethics, Management Accounting and Capital Markets and ...