TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 5. Healthcare Administrators in Healthcare Teams A1 - Mosser, Gordon A1 - Begun, James W. PY - 2014 T2 - Understanding Teamwork in Health Care AB - Experienced clinicians like Dr. Peace learn through experience that some healthcare teams function better than others, and indeed, studies show wide variation in teamwork among different healthcare organizations (Schwendimann et al, 2012; Sexton et al, 2006). In the vignette, Dr. Peace wonders if administrators, while not present in her operating room during surgery, may be a "root cause" of such differences. The answer, of course, is "yes." Administrators play a critical role in team-based care delivery. Administrators bring knowledge and skills in leading and working in teams, managing people, project management, workflow design, and a host of other areas relevant to the work of clinical and management teams. In the vignette, the operating room teams at the Arlington Baroness Eye Center appeared to benefit from strong organization-wide promotion of teamwork resources and competencies by hospital administration. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57856434 ER -