The Team Checkup Tool: evaluating QI team activities and giving feedback to senior leaders.

Lisa H Lubomski; Jill A Marsteller; Yea-Jen Hsu; Christine A Goeschel; Christine G Holzmueller; Peter Pronovost

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The Team Checkup Tool: evaluating QI team activities and giving feedback to senior leaders.

October 8, 2008

Lubomski LH, Marsteller JA, Hsu Y-J, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(10):619-23, 561.

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Informed by the work of the Keystone ICU project, this article explains how to use a structured tool to analyze team interactions and identify any barriers to improvement.

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