Understanding Teamwork in Health Care Paperback - 2013 - 1st Edition

Gordon Mosser, MD
In 1983, he founded and led an interprofessional healthcare group that includes physicians, nurse practitioners, optometrists, and others. He later co-founded and led the Institute of Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI), a collaboration of 100 medical groups and hospitals doing quality improvement together in Minnesota and adjacent states. For several years, he was Associate Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, where he taught interprofessional teamwork, leadership, and quality improvement. He continues as a Senior Fellow in the Division of Health Policy and Managment, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Univeristy of Minnesota Medical School.

James W. Begun, PhD
Hamilton Professor of Healthcare Management in the Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota. He was educated at the University of North Carolina. His 100] publications include the book, Strategic Adaptation in the Health Professions: Meeting the Challenges of Change. Professor Begun has been active nationally in promoting competency-based education, serving as Chair of the Accrediting Commission on Education in Health Services Administration. He was awarded the Gary L. Filerman Prize for Innovation in Healthcare Management Education in 2008 by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration.