title: Turning teamwork into quality care.
abstract: To promote quality in the healthcare setting, many organizations are realizing that they need to consider using teams to promote quality care. From establishing "a lean production system" to eliminating "waste"--in the form of poor customer service, employee dissatisfaction, and medical errors--to lowering average lengths of stays, two medical organizations found that taking a team approach can encourage good clinical care while improving bottom lines.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000639:trends; D008332:Management Quality Circles; D008923:Missouri; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017751:Safety Management; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance; D014861:Washington