Health care huddles: managing complexity to achieve high reliability.

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Published in Health Care Manage Rev on December 05, 2014

Authors

Shannon M Provost1, Holly J Lanham, Luci K Leykum, Reuben R McDaniel, Jacqueline Pugh

Author Affiliations

1: Shannon M. Provost, MBA, is PhD Student, Department of Information, Risk, & Operations Management, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. E-mail: shannon.provost@phd.mccombs.utexas.edu. Holly J. Lanham, PhD, MBA, is Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Information, Risk, & Operations Management, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. Luci K. Leykum, MD, MBA, MSc, is Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Reuben R. McDaniel Jr., EdD, is Charles and Elizabeth Prothro Regents Chair in Health Care Management, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. Jacqueline Pugh, MD, is Research Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and Acting Associate Chief of Staff for Research, South Texas Veterans Health Care System.

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