BACKGROUND: Our goal in this study was to test the relationship between speaking up—ie,
questioning, correcting, or clarifying a current procedure—and technical team performance …

In the present study, we investigated how two team mental model properties (similarity vs.
accuracy) and two forms of monitoring behavior (team vs. systems) interacted to predict team …

This paper builds on and extends theory on team functioning in high-risk environments. We
examined 2 implicit coordination behaviors that tend to emerge autochthonously within high …

Background Effective teamwork has been recognised as a major contributor to safe patient
care in surgery. Previous research has highlighted the importance of adaptive coordination …

Background Acute care teams (ACTs) represent action teams, that is, teams in which
members with specialised roles must coordinate their actions during intense situations, often …

Coordination in health care action teams is an important factor in clinical performance and
patient safety. Implementing a high-fidelity in situ simulation study, we investigated the …

Clinical documentation is a time-consuming and challenging task, especially in time-critical
medical settings. Even with a dedicated scribe person, timely and accurate documentation …

Emergency medical services (EMS) teams are first responders providing urgent medical
care to severely ill or injured patients in the field. Despite their criticality, EMS work is one of …

Based on detailed multi-disciplinary analyses of more than 800 recorded handover
interactions, audits of written handover documentation, interviews and survey responses, the …

Background Communication errors can reduce patient safety, especially in emergency
situations that require rapid responses by experts in a number of medical specialties …