How hospitalists work to pull healthcare teams together

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 933-947

  Chesluk, Benjamin ^a   Bernabeo, Elizabeth ^a   Reddy, Siddharta ^a   Lynn, Lorna ^a   Hess, Brian ^b   Odhner, Thor ^a   Holmboe, Eric ^c  

^a AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hess Consulting   (Canada)

^c Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Qualitative research; Safety; Social sciences; Team working; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 84947075836     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHOM-01-2015-0008     Document Type: Article

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