Background: Guidance for measuring team effectiveness in dynamic clinical settings is
necessary; however, there are no consensus strategies to help health care organizations …

This review of health care team effectiveness literature from 1985 to 2004 distinguishes
among intervention studies that compare team with usual (nonteam) care; intervention …

Background: Teamwork in health care settings is widely recognized as an important factor in
providing high-quality patient care. However, the behaviors that comprise effective …

Interest in effective health care teamwork has advanced in recent years. To ensure these
teams are performing effectively, valid and reliable measurement is necessary. This review …

Objective To examine the effect of 5 measures of team functioning on patient outcomes.
Design Observational, exploratory, measurement. Team functioning surveys and patient …

Background: Safe and effective patient care depends on the teamwork of multidisciplinary
healthcare professionals. Unfortunately, the field currently lacks an evidence-based …

Purpose Few validated instruments are available to measure team functioning in acute and
primary care teams. To address this, we developed a questionnaire measuring healthcare …

Effective team performance is important to measure in order to determine how clinicians
should be trained for safe and effective patient care. Team performance is challenging to …

Objectives To investigate the relationship between teamwork and clinical performance and
potential moderating variables of this relationship. Design Systematic review and meta …

Background A high variety of team interventions aims to improve team performance
outcomes. In 2008, we conducted a systematic review to provide an overview of the scientific …