title: [The patient's team and the responsible doctor as a condition for efficient patient courses].
abstract: In the healthcare system in The North Denmark Region the patient's team has been implemented in order to create and ensure efficient patient courses. Each patient has his or her own team, which is responsible for the entire patient course. As part of the team there is one doctor, who has the ultimate responsibility for the patient's treatment and pathway within the healthcare system. The patient's team is implemented in 2015-2017 in the healthcare system in The North Denmark Region.
authors.affiliation: jan.mainz@rn.dk.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mainz
authors.forename: Jens Winther
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003718:Denmark; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010819:Physician's Role