Improving care teams' functioning: recommendations from team science. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Improving care teams' functioning: recommendations from team science. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published May 2017

Improving care teams' functioning: recommendations from team science.

Fiscella K, Mauksch L, Bodenheimer T, Salas E. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2017 May 17; [Epub ahead of print].

Research on teamwork as a key component of safe care delivery has primarily focused on the hospital setting. This commentary highlights six elements that enable development, functionality, and assessment of teamwork in the ambulatory setting.

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