Teamwork, communication and safety climate: A systematic review of interventions to improve surgical culture

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 458-467

  Sacks, Greg D ^a   Shannon, Evan M ^b   Dawes, Aaron J ^a   Rollo, Johnathon C ^a   Nguyen, David K ^a   Russell, Marcia M ^a,c   Ko, Clifford Y ^a,c   Maggard Gibbons, Melinda A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SURGERY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEAMWORK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84937392694     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003764     Document Type: Review

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