Challenging hierarchy in healthcare teams ways to flatten gradients to improve teamwork and patient care. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Challenging hierarchy in healthcare teams ways to flatten gradients to improve teamwork and patient care. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published March 2017

Challenging hierarchy in healthcare teams—ways to flatten gradients to improve teamwork and patient care.

Green B, Oeppen RS, Smith DW, Brennan PA. Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2017 Mar 23; [Epub ahead of print].

Navigating hierarchy in health care is challenging at both team and organizational levels. This review discusses the necessity of managing hierarchy in high-risk environments and reviews tactics to improve nontechnical skills to help clinicians address authority gradients during care activities.

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