Importance of Teamwork Assignment 2022

Running head: TEAMWORK 1
Teamwork
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Teamwork
Introduction
Importance of Teamwork in Promoting Safety and Effective Services to Patients
Teamwork is a significant aspect of the healthcare system. The importance of teamwork
is diverse with respect to the promotion of effective and safe healthcare delivery to patients in the
hospital setting. Firstly, clinical care is becoming a more complex and specialized, hence making
medical staffs to engage in more complicated health services and rapidly conceptualize new
strategies. The increasing number of ageing complications like cancer and diabetes has forced
healthcare staff to engage in multidisciplinary approaches in healthcare (Ghaferi, & Dimick,
2016). In nations like the USA, medical teams have a fundamental role in managing patients
who suffer from multiple complications. Other countries are also more concerned with diverse
populations.
Secondly, working together has played a fundamental role in reducing the number of
errors and promoting patient safety in the clinical setting. For instance, teamwork has proven to
minimize the number of issues circumnavigating burnout (García-Campayo, 2016). The
traditional narrative whereby a single individual is responsible for patients' safety is no longer
the case today. Currently, the entire panel comes together as a team to discuss the strategies of
promoting wellbeing among patients (Kristensen et al., 2015). Furthermore, teamwork breaks
the hierarchical system and centralization of power in the hospital setting. As a result, the
healthcare staffs are left with adequate freedom to make decisions without commands from the
uplines. This aspect builds motivation among caregivers. As we all know, motivated workers
provide perfect output in their work setting. In so doing, the number of errors is minimized, thus