Using the Communication and Teamwork Skills (CATS) assessment to measure health care team performance.

Allan Frankel; Roxane Gardner; Laura Maynard; Andrea Kelly

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Using the Communication and Teamwork Skills (CATS) assessment to measure health care team performance.

January 2, 2017

Frankel A, Gardner R, Maynard L, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(9):549-58.

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The authors describe a behavior-based tool to measure clinicians' teamwork and communication skills.

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