Research progress in application of team strategies and tools to enhance performance and patient ;safety in team resource management / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Teamwork impacts the effectiveness of care, patient safety and clinical outcomes, and team training has been identified as a strategy for enhancing teamwork, reducing medical errors and building a culture of safety in healthcare. The paper reviewed the concept, construct, training model, measures and implementation in healthcare of team strategies and tools to enhance performance and patient safety (TeamSTEPPS) which was the most widely applied team training strategy, in order to provide reference for the healthcare in China.