Risk-Adjusted Morbidity in Teaching Hospitals Correlates with Reported Levels of Communication and Collaboration on Surgical Teams but Not with Scale Measures of Teamwork Climate, Safety Climate, or Working Conditions

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 778-784

  Davenport, Daniel L ^a   Henderson, William G ^b   Mosca, Cecilia L ^b   Khuri, Shukri F ^c   Mentzer Jr , Robert M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c National Surgical Quality Improvement Program   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MORBIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TEAMWORK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148962824     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.07.039     Document Type: Article

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