Leadership Essentials for Healthcare Teams: Overview

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                Teams established to provide optimum care in the healthcare setting may present themselves in numerous and varying configurations, with the overall intent of bringing complementary skills and abilities of healthcare workers to provide the most beneficial outcomes possible for the patient. Even though healthcare team members each contribute to accomplishing of the team’s goals, it is still important that one person be designated as the team leader. The purpose of this article aims to overview the important characteristics that contribute to the success of those in leadership positions, with the intent that more informed team leadership decisions can be made that will ultimately lead to highly improved healthcare environments for all stakeholders involved, especially patients.