AHRQ - Medical Teamwork and Patient Safety

The Evidence-based Relation

This paper present evidence to support the relation between team training and patient safety. It extends earlier work by Pizzi and colleagues who argue that Crew Resource Management (CRM) training has a great deal of potential as a safe patient practice.

Training medical professionals to operate as a well-coordinated team should enhance patient safety and lead to a reduction in medical errors.

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