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Effectiveness of patient care teams and the role of clinical expertise and coordination: a literature review.
Bosch M, Faber MJ, Cruijsberg J, et al. Med Care Res Rev. 2009;66(suppl 6):5S-35S.

This systematic review of studies of teamwork in health care found that adding personnel with specific clinical expertise to teams appeared to improve performance, but did not necessarily improve patient outcomes.
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