Why is teamwork an imperative for leaders (select all that apply)?
a. There are static structures of health care delivery.
b. A higher degree of knowledge is required to meet the demands of patient care.
c. A collective pool of thinking styles con-tributes to care delivery.
d. Rapid information dissemination is ne-cessary at the senior leadership level.
e. There are increasing governmental regula-tions.
B, C, E
Teamwork has become the imperative for leaders today because the level of knowledge required to meet the demands of both patients and systems of care requires collective pooling of thinking styles, diversity of professional backgrounds, and the collaboration of many. Rapidly changing structures of care delivery and reimbursement protocols, increasing governmental regulations, increasing complexity, technology advances, rapid information dissemination at the worker level, and the shift to a knowledge worker–based service society are some of the social and economic forces operative in health care.
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