Few industries match the scale of health care. In the United States alone, an estimated 85%
of the population has at least 1 health care encounter annually and at least one quarter of …

Modern healthcare is delivered by multidisciplinary, distributed healthcare teams who rely
on effective teamwork and communication to ensure effective and safe patient care …

Although it is consistently identified as a critical component of team performance, team
communication is often conceptualized in a variety of manners. The present meta-analysis …

Case study research is a comprehensive method that incorporates multiple sources of data
to provide detailed accounts of complex research phenomena in real-life contexts. However …

Teaching and Researching Listening provides a focused, state-of-the-art treatment of the
linguistic, psycholinguistic and pragmatic processes that are involved in oral language use …

Background In surgical teams, health professionals are highly interdependent and work
under time pressure. It is of particular importance that teamwork is well-functioning in order …

Background Outdated communication technologies in healthcare can place patient safety at
risk. This study aimed to evaluate implementation of the WhatsApp messaging service within …

Aims/Background: This review examines current research on teamwork in highly dynamic
domains of healthcare such as operating rooms, intensive care, emergency medicine, or …

Objective Thyroidectomy may be performed for clinical indications that include malignancy,
benign nodules or cysts, suspicious findings on fine needle aspiration biopsy, dysphagia …

When you are ready to implement measures to improve patient safety, this is the book to
consult. Charles Vincent, one of the world's pioneers in patient safety, discusses each and …