Characterizing Teamwork in Cardiovascular Care Outcomes: A Network Analytics Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The nature of teamwork in healthcare is complex and interdisciplinary, and provider collaboration based on shared patient encounters is crucial to its success. Characterizing the intensity of working relationships with risk-adjusted patient outcomes supplies insight into provider interactions in a hospital environment.

Methods and results

We extracted 4 years of patient, provider, and activity data for encounters in an inpatient cardiology unit from Northwestern Medicine's Enterprise Data Warehouse. We then created a provider-patient network to identify healthcare providers who jointly participated in patient encounters and calculated satisfaction rates for provider-provider pairs. We demonstrated the application of a novel parameter, the shared positive outcome r

SUBMITTER: Carson MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5217475 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature