Outcome Measures for Effective Teamwork in Inpatient Care

by Sorbero, Melony E.; Farley, Donna O.; Mattke, Soeren; Lovejoy, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780833043153
• ISBN10: 0833043153
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-01
• Publisher: Rand Corp

Summary

Addresses one step in the process of moving from teamwork training to teamwork practices that improve outcomes of care: identifying outcomes that are most likely to be affected as teamwork practices improve in an implementing organization. Discusses a literature search, methods for selecting and testing candidate measures, measures highly rated by clinical experts, and results of measure testing on administrative data of the DoD health system.

Table of Contents

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Introduction	p. 1
Review of the Literature on Teamwork and Patient Safety	p. 9
Selection of Clinical Areas	p. 19
Measure Identification and Rating on Relationship to Teamwork	p. 25
Empirical Testing of Selected Measures	p. 31
Discussion	p. 43
Articles Included in Literature Review	p. 53
Members of the Clinical Advisory Panel	p. 75
Highly Rated Measures for Each Clinical Area	p. 77
Descriptions of Highly Rated Measures for Each Clinical Area	p. 85
Concepts Suggested by Clinical Advisory Panel	p. 105
Empirical Results for Labor and Delivery Measures	p. 107
Empirical Results for Surgery Measures	p. 109
References	p. 111
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