Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Bearing the rising health care costs of our aging global population is one of the most urgent challenges society is facing. One way to deal with this is technological innovation in treatment techniques. The implementation process of new techniques often presents a huge challenge. New research of Jan van Schaik of Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Dr Merieke Stevens of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) revealed that better teamwork in the operating room leads to successful implementation of new medical technologies. They found that a medical team’s relational and cognitive embeddedness (how successfully a team communicates and cooperates) increase the effectiveness of care.
Read about it on RSM Discovery: https://discovery.rsm.nl/articles/detail/426/preview/
Read the scientific paper, Implementing new technologies for complex care: The role of embeddedness factors in team learning: hdl.handle.net/1765/116712.
RSM Executive Education offers short and longer programmes in Technology and Operations for executives and managers: https://www.rsm.nl/executive-education/technologyandoperations
RSM Discovery is a gateway for business leaders to access research by students and faculty of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University — bridging the gap between academia and practical applications to address the challenges facing business and society today.
Music (CC): oymaldonado - salsa loop intro, PK Jazz Collective - Mother will call.
Bearing the rising health care costs of our aging global population is one of the most urgent challenges society is facing. One way to deal with this is technological innovation in treatment techniques. The implementation process of new techniques often presents a huge challenge. New research of Jan van Schaik of Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Dr Merieke Stevens of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) revealed that better teamwork in the operating room leads to successful implementation of new medical technologies. They found that a medical team’s relational and cognitive embeddedness (how successfully a team communicates and cooperates) increase the effectiveness of care.
Read about it on RSM Discovery: https://discovery.rsm.nl/articles/detail/426/preview/
Read the scientific paper, Implementing new technologies for complex care: The role of embeddedness factors in team learning: hdl.handle.net/1765/116712.
RSM Executive Education offers short and longer programmes in Technology and Operations for executives and managers: https://www.rsm.nl/executive-education/technologyandoperations
RSM Discovery is a gateway for business leaders to access research by students and faculty of Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University — bridging the gap between academia and practical applications to address the challenges facing business and society today.
Music (CC): oymaldonado - salsa loop intro, PK Jazz Collective - Mother will call.










