title: Designing teams that work.
abstract: This paper describes the development of clinical improvement teams in a multi-disciplinary acute health care setting. The process included an information-gathering phase that enabled a match of team structure and leadership to staff skills and experience. It was found that an environment that supported collaborative practice and shared decision-making was critical to staff support of the teams and the outcomes achieved.
authors.affiliation: Therapy Services, Crippled Children's Association of South Australia.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wake-Dyster
mesh_terms: D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000720:Ancillary Services, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000458:organization & administration; D006782:Hospitals, Special / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014932:Women's Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration