title: Defining high-performance teams and physician leadership.
abstract: Beset with complex reimbursement and regulatory structures, rapidly advancing technology and a population that is growing increasingly older, sicker, and more obese, the U.S. medical environment needs coordinated interdisciplinary teamwork now more than ever.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Student Health, Durham, NC, USA. sangv001@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: Devdutta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sangvai
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lyn
authors.forename: Lloyd
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Michener
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D007857:Leadership; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D008486:Physician Executives