Implementing Team Based Care: It's Our Duty

Authors

Caitlin Cammarano, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Xuezhi Jiang, Department of ObGyn, The Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania. Department of ObGyn, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Peter F. Schnatz, Department of ObGyn, The Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Medicine, The Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania. Department of ObGyn, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2016

Abstract

Healthcare personnel are human, and subject to error. Threats to patient safety happen. Enhanced team-based care can help to decrease errors. This will require effective communication, the elimination of hierarchy, as well as a culture that acknowledges and anticipates errors.

Publication Title

Healthcare Transformation

Volume

1

Issue

4

First Page

240

Last Page

247

Comments

This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.

Recommended Citation

Cammarano, C., Jiang, X., & Schnatz, P. F. (2016). Implementing Team Based Care: It's Our Duty. Healthcare Transformation, 1 (4), 240-247. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1089/heat.2016.29030.pfs