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What We Are Learning About Relational Coordination Interventions in Healthcare

by Heba Naim Ali, MD, MS, PhDc ; Heather Gilmartin, PhD, NP, CIC ; Jody Hoffer Gittell, PhD
Seminar date: 11/15/2021

Description: VA researchers are increasingly using relational coordination – communicating and relating for the purpose of task integration – as a theory and method for understanding performance improvement and organizational change. In this seminar, Dr. Gittell will share the latest findings about outcomes of relational coordination – quality, efficiency, employee well-being, learning and innovation; and the latest findings about the interventions that strengthen it – hiring and training for teamwork, shared protocols and information systems, shared accountability and rewards, boundary spanner roles, and more. Intended Audience: Researchers and staff in the VA looking for concrete steps and interventions to optimize team performance or introduce organizational change.

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