Interprofessional teamwork and team interventions in chronic care: a systematic review.

Mirjam Körner; Sarah Bütof; Christian Müller; Linda Zimmermann; Sonja Becker; Jürgen Bengel

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Interprofessional teamwork and team interventions in chronic care: a systematic review.

March 16, 2016

Körner M, Bütof S, Müller C, et al. J Interprof Care. 2016;30(1):15-28.

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This systematic review found that features of interventions to enhance teamwork vary widely. Though many interventions are successful in improving teamwork and safety culture, it is unclear how these interventions work and therefore difficult to promote a specific strategy to enhance patient safety through teams.

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