This study aimed to examine how allied healthcare professionals as informal leaders can
lead reforms to improve patient care on an interprofessional team. With 284 …

After presenting a theory of team development, we propose that the informal role structure of
a team is dependent upon the degree of anomie in the team culture, and we provide …

Background Despite calls for interprofessional teamwork to ensure quality care in healthcare
settings, interprofessional teams do not always perform effectively. There is evidence that …

Purpose Effective interprofessional health care team (IHT) members collaborate to reduce
medical errors, use resources effectively, and improve patient outcomes, making …

Background Interprofessional health care teams are increasingly employed to solve
complex problems through innovative solutions. However, there is evidence that such teams …

An effective interprofessional medical team can efficiently coordinate health care providers
to achieve the collective outcome of improving each patient's health. To determine how …

Purpose Despite the importance of leadership in interprofessional health care teams, little is
understood about how it is enacted. The literature emphasizes a collaborative approach of …

Shared leadership has been shown to enhance processes, effectiveness, and performances
in interprofessional teams. While earlier studies suggest the association of internal team …

OBJECTIVES The authors studied influence of physician leaders on their colleagues'
performance using data from a randomized, controlled trial of quality assurance …

In this effort we draw from the literature on interprofessional teamwork in high reliability
organizations from different fields of study, including healthcare, industrial/organizational …