Improving Patient Safety Through Teamwork and Team Training (Paperback, New)

Team training has become a tradition in healthcare, where it has helped produce significantly positive results in patient safety. It is widely acknowledged that medical teamwork is essential, yet the coordination, communication, and cooperation behind it has never been carefully examined. This book provides a comprehensive study of the science behind improving team performance in the delivery of clinical care. Leaders in the field, Eduardo Salas and Karen Frush, have assembled scholars, practitioners, and professionals to offer a combination of practical advice and insight as well as a look into the scientific foundation of teamwork. Chapters offer helpful guidelines and lessons on how to improve performance in the team setting, including how to measure success, how to monitor training, pitfalls and challenges, and how the different needs of various clinical situations.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Authors:	Eduardo Salas (Pegasus Professor and University Trustee Chair, Department of Psychology) • Karen Frush (Chief Patient Safety Officer and Associate Professor of Pediatrics)
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-539909-7
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Hospital administration & management Promotions
LSN:	0-19-539909-9
Barcode:	9780195399097

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