Building collaborative capacity: Promoting interdisciplinary teamwork in the absence of formal teams

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 716-723

  Weinberg, Dana Beth ^a   Cooney Miner, Dianne ^b   Perloff, Jennifer N ^c   Babington, Lynn ^d   Avgar, Ariel Chanan ^e  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; decision making; hospitals; interdisciplinary teams; provider relationships; teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLLABORATIVE CAPACITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMWORK; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK INTERDEPENDENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAPACITY BUILDING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEW YORK; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79961025229     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318215da3f     Document Type: Article

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