TY - JOUR AU - Siddons, Nicole AU - Potter, Teddie M PY - 2016/03/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Improving Interdisciplinary Relationships in Primary Care with the Implementation of TeamSTEPPS JF - Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies JA - IJPS VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.24926/ijps.v3i1.122 UR - https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ijps/article/view/122 SP - AB - <p>A major challenge in healthcare is lack of interdisciplinary collaboration (O’Daniel &amp; Rosenstein, 2008). The Institute of Medicine report, <em>To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System </em>(1999), shows that errors often occur due to lapses in partnership and communication. This article describes the implementation of TeamSTEPPS, an evidence-based tool for optimizing staff relationships and partnership, in a clinic in which a change in the care model had affected interprofessional collaboration and teamwork, threatening healthcare outcomes and staff engagement. The implementation of TeamSTEPPS, customized using elements of IDEO’s (2015) Human-Centered Design, shifted the culture of the clinic towards partnership, resulting in improved staff perceptions of teamwork and statistically significant improvements in the quality of patient care.</p> ER -