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- Title
The Benefits of Teamwork in Health Care.
- Authors
Roberts, Dottie
- Abstract
The article shares insight on the benefits of teamwork in health care. These include safe patient care via better communication and reduced medical errors, staff retention, patient and staff satisfaction, and reduced burnout among professionals. Suggestions for building a culture that values and support teamwork are creating a healthy work environment, establishing roles and responsibilities, updating communication platforms, implementing shared governance and identifying shared experiences.
- Subjects
TEAMS in the workplace; OCCUPATIONAL roles; WORK environment; NURSING; TEAM building; NURSE-physician relationships; MEDICAL care; PATIENT satisfaction; NURSING practice; COMMUNICATION; PATIENT safety
- Publication
MEDSURG Nursing, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 5, p281
- ISSN
1092-0811
- Publication type
Editorial