Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate to what extent the literature on
team coordination during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) empirically confirms its …

Background Improving patient safety by training teams to successfully manage emergencies
is a major concern in healthcare. Most current trainings use simulation of emergency …

In the present study, we investigated how two team mental model properties (similarity vs.
accuracy) and two forms of monitoring behavior (team vs. systems) interacted to predict team …

Health care teamwork is a vital part of clinical work and patient care but is poorly
understood. Despite poor teamwork being cited as a major contributory factor to adverse …

Background Acute care teams (ACTs) represent action teams, that is, teams in which
members with specialised roles must coordinate their actions during intense situations, often …

Healthcare is increasingly complex and requires the ability to adapt to changing demands.
Teamwork is essential to delivering high quality care and is central to nursing. The aims of …

Coordination in health care action teams is an important factor in clinical performance and
patient safety. Implementing a high-fidelity in situ simulation study, we investigated the …

Background Recent studies in anaesthesia and intensive care indicate that a team's ability
to adapt its coordination activities to changing situational demands is crucial for effective …

Background Communication errors can reduce patient safety, especially in emergency
situations that require rapid responses by experts in a number of medical specialties …

Effective teamwork and communication are central to successful, timely surgical care that is
safe, of high quality, and patient centered. Effective teaming in the operating room and …