https://doi.org/10.1177/1046496419872002 Small Group Research 1–42 © The Author(s) 2019 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/1046496419872002 journals.sagepub.com/home/sgr Article Cross-Disciplinary Care: A Systematic Review on Teamwork Processes in Health Care Julie V. Dinh 1 , Allison M. Traylor 1 , Molly P. Kilcullen 1 , Joshua A. Perez 1 , Ethan J. Schweissing 1 , Akshaya Venkatesh 1 , and Eduardo Salas 1 Abstract As health care delivery moves toward more complex, team-based systems, the topic of medical teamwork has gained considerable attention and study across disciplines. This systematic review integrates empirical research on teamwork and health care to identify broad trends. We identified and coded 1,818 relevant, English, and peer-reviewed journal articles using a teamwork processes rubric. Several themes emerged. The health care teamwork literature has grown substantially over the past 20 years. Approximately half of the studies were descriptive (rather than interventional or psychometric); the majority relied on quantitative methods. Health care teamwork was also studied in thematically distinct manners. Interpersonal processes were most commonly studied across fields. Of all disciplines, medicine focused most on transition processes, whereas those from team science centered more highly on action processes. There were also finer grained disciplinary differences in content areas of communication and collaboration. Interprofessional journals represent a potential area for interdisciplinary efforts. Implications and future directions are discussed. Keywords teamwork, health care, review 1 Rice University, Houston, TX, USA Corresponding Author: Julie V. Dinh, Rice University, 6100 Main St., MS-25, Houston, TX 77005-1892, USA. Email: julie.dinh@rice.edu 872002SGR XX X 10.1177/1046496419872002Small Group ResearchDinh et al. research-article 2019