IHI announces two-day seminar focused on improving collaboration as means for improving patient safety

"Teamwork doesn’t always come naturally to health care professionals.  Our cultures too often emphasize autonomy and working within professional boundaries. But the new rules of health care focus on better cooperation and collaboration among and between clinicians."

The above statement is from IHI's two-day seminar--occurring June 10th and June 11th--titled "Delivering Safe and Optimal Care Through Effective Teamwork and Communication". The seminar provides participants strategies and tools for training teams and overseeing the implementation of effective team communication.

Insofar as outcomes, the seminar enables attendees to:

• Implement practical strategies to create and maintain team communication
• Implement measures to sustain evidence-based teamwork and communication
• Utilize practical tools and resources that can be applied in your organization
• Understand best practices in the field including, tools, structures, and strategies
• Train others on how to implement teamwork and communication

Designed for organization leaders, patient safety officers, physicians, nurses and risk manager, learn more here.