how important is it that Health Care workers are able to work with others in a team?

I think it is very important. The failure of health care workers to
communicate vital information among each other can have serious and
even fatal consequences for the patient. A team approach and a
cooperative attitude will facilitate better communication, and this is
likely to save lives.

alot of communication between health care workers is done in writing..........

The following are actual medical records [supposedly] taken from
patients' actual medical charts.

* The baby was delivered, the cord clamped and cut and handed to the
pediatrician, who breathed and cried immediately.

* Exam of genitalia reveals that he is circus sized.

* Rectal exam revealed a normal size thyroid.

* She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life until
1989 when she got a divorce.

* The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane
ran out of gas and crashed.

* I saw your patient today, who is still under our car for physical therapy.

* The patient lives at home with his mother, father, and pet turtle,
who is presently enrolled in day care three times a week.

* Bleeding started in the rectal area and continued all the way to Los Angeles.

* She is numb from her toes down.

* While in the emergency room, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.

* The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.

* The patient was to have a bowel resection. However he took a job as
a stockbroker instead.

* Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.

* Examination reveals a well-developed male lying in bed with his
family in no distress.

* Patient was alert and unresponsive.

* When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room.