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High Performance Teamwork Training and Systems Redesign in Outpatient Oncology
Jan 23, 2013
The researchers concluded, “Team training improved communication, task coordination and perceptions of efficiency, quality, safety and interactions among team members as well as patient perception of care coordination.”
Read the article abstract at:
Bunnell CA, Gross AH, Weingart SN, et al. High performance teamwork training and systems redesign in outpatient oncology. BMJ Qual Saf 2013;22:405–13. [Epub ahead of print]
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