Outcome measures for effective teamwork in inpatient care final report (RAND Corp., 2008)
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Includes bibliographical references
Review of the literature on teamwork and patient safety -- Selection of clinical areas -- Measure identification and rating on relationship to teamwork -- Empirical testing of selected measures -- Discussion
Addresses one step in the process of moving from teamwork training to teamwork practices that improve outcomes of care: identifying outcomes that are most likely to be affected as teamwork practices improve in an implementing organization. Discusses a literature search, methods for selecting and testing candidate measures, measures highly rated by clinical experts, and results of measure testing on administrative data of the DoD health system