Improving teamwork to reduce surgical mortality

JAMA

Volumn 304, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1721-1722

  Pronovost, Peter J ^a,b   Freischlag, Julie A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TEAMWORK; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARDS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958144271     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.1542     Document Type: Editorial

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