Team creativity as a catalyst for care effectiveness and well-being in primary care teams.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary care teams play a critical role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care, yet they face mounting challenges, including high rates of burnout and job dissatisfaction. Creativity within teams may serve as a key resource for fostering continuous improvement and innovation while simultaneously enhancing team members' well-being.

Purpose

This study introduces team creativity as a novel and actionable teamwork construct, assessing its relationship with burnout, job satisfaction, and perceived effectiveness of care delivery. We validate a new multidimensional measure of team creativity tailored to the primary care context.

Methodology/approach

Using survey data from 648 primary care team members across a large health system, we conducted confirmat

SUBMITTER: Lee YSH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12922685 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature