Abstract
Teamwork is essential to providing high-quality patient care. Hospital settings pose important challenges to teamwork. Measurement is key to understanding baseline performance and assessing whether teamwork is improving. The authors recommend a multifaceted approach, using a combination of complementary interventions with an ultimate goal that improved teamwork translates into improved patient outcomes.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 727-737 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Medical Clinics of North America |
Volume | 104 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2020 |
Keywords
- Clinical microsystems
- Interprofessional practice
- Patient safety
- Teamwork
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)