1. Promoting Effective Teamwork in Healthcare
Teams hold the key to improve value, quality, & safety of healthcare
Mitchell et al. (2012) How team support from the organization, personal values & core principles of high-performing teams are important to effective team-based care
Medves et al. (2010) Breaking down silos in healthcare will evolve into collaborative plans of care showing significant changes in knowledge, practice & economic outcomes

2. Changing Landscape From…. To…. Provider Centric Consumer Centric
Episodic Care Continuous Care
Inpatient Care Ambulatory/Home
Disease Treatment Wellness/Prevention
Variation in Practice CareBundles/Guidelines
Paper Based Digital Access
Limited Information Transparency
Passive Patient Informed Consent
Government as a payer Government primary payer

3. High-Functioning Teams & Team-Based Healthcare is the Future
Patient-centered
Combined skill & knowledge of caregivers
Increased motivation & creativity
Improved Communication
Tracking of patient/family satisfaction & outcomes
High-quality, Safe, Patient Care

4. Recommendations Stay the course
Continue the journey of patient-centered care
Continue Process Improvement Teams, Lean, Six Sigma and work with Black Belts
Invest necessary time to implement change
Celebrate the successes!

5. The End!