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Editorial
. 2022 Mar;163(3):1096-1104.
doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.02.098. Epub 2021 Mar 31.

Importance of high-performing teams in the cardiovascular intensive care unit

Lauren R Kennedy-Metz  1 , Atilio Barbeito  2 , Roger D Dias  3 , Marco A Zenati  4
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Editorial

Importance of high-performing teams in the cardiovascular intensive care unit

Lauren R Kennedy-Metz et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: cognitive workload; cooperation; coordination; patient safety; teamwork.

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Conflict of Interest Statement

The authors reported no conflicts of interest.

The Journal policy requires editors and reviewers to disclose conflicts of interest and to decline handling or reviewing manuscripts for which they may have a conflict of interest. The editors and reviewers of this article have no conflicts of interest.

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FIGURE 1.
FIGURE 1.
An example of an OR-ICU handover cognitive aid currently used in one author’s hospital (A.B.). This bedside poster to guide the handover process is included among other cognitive aids in a tool kit developed as part of a Veterans Affairs National Center for Patient Safety grant. ICU, Intensive care unit; I&Os, intake and output.
FIGURE 2.
FIGURE 2.
Cooperation, coordination, and communication underlie high-performing health care teams. On the left-hand side of this figure, specific individual, environmental, institutional, and cultural barriers to effective teamwork are outlined. Details describing the nature of the CVICU team and required teamwork processes are displayed in the middle column. The right-hand side of this figure lists specific activities suggested to improve CVICU teamwork, based on the author’s experiences and evidence in the literature (A.B.). CVICU, Cardiovascular intensive care unit; M&M, Morbidity and mortality.
CENTRAL MESSAGE
CENTRAL MESSAGE
The CVICU team is a complex action team providing care to high-acuity patients in a challenging environment. Evidence-based teamwork interventions are critical to deliver high-quality care in the CVICU. Cooperation, coordination, and communication underlie high-performing health care teams.
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