Hospital Unit Type and Professional Roles as a Predictor of Relational Coordination in an Army Medical Center.

Background And Objectives: High-quality communication and relationships are associated with quality of care. Workflow differences across hospital units can impede communication and relationships among health care professionals. Relational coordination (RC) is a process of communication supported by shared goals, shared knowledge, and mutual respect and is associated with quality of care and better performance outcomes in civilian hospitals.

A relational coordination training intervention to improve job satisfaction and intent to stay in the intensive care unit: A pilot study.

Background: Relational coordination (RC) explores the coordination of work between and among professionals in a workgroup. RC is associated with higher job satisfaction and retention; however, researchers have not tested RC training interventions to improve job satisfaction and retention.

Purpose: To explore changes in job satisfaction and intent to stay among health care professionals following a virtual RC training intervention.

Adaptations to relational facilitation for two national care coordination programs during COVID-19.

Background: Adaptations to implementation strategies are often necessary to support adoption and scale-up of evidence-based practices. Tracking adaptations to implementation strategies is critical for understanding any impacts on outcomes. However, these adaptations are infrequently collected.

Assessing relational coordination and its impact on perceived mental health of students, teachers and staff in a clinical skills program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: The global spread of the COVID-19 virus caused unprecedented interruptions in medical education. This paper evaluates Relational Coordination (RC): communicating and relating for task integration; between the distinct stakeholders responsible for scheduling,delivering and receiving clinical teaching in the wake of the pandemic.

Methodology: Using a cross-sectional design, the level of Relational Coordination was assessed between twelve groups within a Clinical Skills Program at a Medical School in the United Arab Emirates.

Relationships and resilience at work and at home: Impact of relational coordination on clinician work-life balance and well-being in times of crisis.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unusually comprehensive crisis that has taken a toll on people in their roles both at work and at home, giving rise to a new normal.

Purpose: Relational coordination theory shows how communicating and relating for the purpose of task integration drives positive outcomes for workers, their clients, and their employers. The ecological theory of work-family spillover shows how relational dynamics from work spillover into family life, and vice versa.

Strengthening networks for healthcare integration: A commentary.

In their paper "Integrating Network Theory into the Study of Integrated Healthcare," Burns, Nembhard and Shortell set out to change how we think about healthcare, and ultimately how we design and deliver healthcare. They aim to do this by focusing attention on the networks through which care is delivered, with particular attention to the relational dimensions of those networks. Inspired by social network, care integration, and relational coordination theories, Burns et al.

Strengthening Community Participation by People With Disabilities in Community-Based Group Homes Through Innovative Action Research.

In the US and beyond, a paradigm shift is underway toward community-based care, motivated by changes in policies, payment models and social norms. A significant aspect of this shift for disability activists and policy makers is ensuring participation in community life for individuals with disabilities living in residential homes. Despite a U.

Sustaining improvements in relational coordination following team training and practice change: A longitudinal analysis.

Background: Poor communication is a leading cause of errors in health care. Structured interprofessional bedside rounds are a promising model to improve communication.

Purpose: The aim of the study was to test if an intervention to improve communication and coordination in an inpatient heart failure care unit would result in lasting change.