Turning teamwork into quality care.
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.
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