Team STEPPS® - Teamwork in the Health Care Industry

TeamSTEPPS® is a teamwork system designed for health care professionals that is:

• A powerful solution to improving patient safety within your organization.
• An evidence-based teamwork system to improve communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals.
• Scientifically rooted in more than 25 years of research and lessons from the application of teamwork principles.
• Developed by Department of Defense's Patient Safety Program in collaboration with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

TeamSTEPPS® provides higher quality, safer patient care by:

• Producing highly effective medical teams that optimize the use of information, people, and resources to achieve the best clinical outcomes for patients.
• Increasing team awareness and clarifying team roles and responsibilities.
• Resolving conflicts and improving information sharing.
• Eliminating barriers to quality and safety.