Building high reliability teams: progress and some reflections on teamwork training.

Eduardo Salas; Michael A Rosen

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Building high reliability teams: progress and some reflections on teamwork training.

May 8, 2013

Salas E, Rosen MA. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(5):369-73.

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This commentary summarizes how teamwork training can contribute to high reliability in health care.

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