Creating Dream Teams to Enhance the Patient Experience
Published July 3, 2016
Shola Richards, Director of Training, UCLA Health, discusses nine characteristics of how to improve the patient experience with high-functioning teams and shares tools for developing specialized team building training that has the potential to foster meaningful change and lead to a sustainable culture shift in your organization.
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