Families, Systems & Health will devote an upcoming issue to teamwork in health care. The journal aims to foster new knowledge relevant to “a systemic approach to healthcare that integrates mind and body; individual and family; and communities, clinicians, and health systems while considering cost-effectiveness and distributive justice.” Relevant submissions could address training of health care teams, team leadership models, team science, and the impact of teamwork on patient, staff, health care quality, equity and financial outcomes.  

Data-based manuscripts that address common pitfalls and barriers to team development and teamwork in health care, including primary care, are of particular interest. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.

Deadline for submission is September 1, 2014. Interested authors should review instructions for authors at http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/fsh/.

For more information, contact guest editor Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center.