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Selected Works of Xuezhi Jiang, MD, PhD
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Implementing Team Based Care: It's Our Duty
Healthcare Transformation
  • Caitlin Cammarano, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Xuezhi Jiang, Department of ObGyn, The Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania. Department of ObGyn, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Peter F Schnatz, Department of ObGyn, The Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Medicine, The Reading Hospital, Reading, Pennsylvania. Department of ObGyn, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Publication Date
12-1-2016
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Abstract

Healthcare personnel are human, and subject to error. Threats to patient safety happen. Enhanced team-based care can help to decrease errors. This will require effective communication, the elimination of hierarchy, as well as a culture that acknowledges and anticipates errors.

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Citation Information
Caitlin Cammarano, Xuezhi Jiang and Peter F Schnatz. "Implementing Team Based Care: It's Our Duty" Healthcare Transformation Vol. 1 Iss. 4 (2016) p. 240 - 247
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xuezhi-jiang/98/