Strategies for Effective Interdisciplinary Healthcare Teams: Report

This report delves into strategies for working effectively in interdisciplinary healthcare teams, focusing on a case study of a 42-year-old patient, Zhang Wei, who is a construction worker with diabetes and hypertension. The report outlines the patient's profile, journey through illness, and requirements from the healthcare system. It explores the role of a care coordinator in assisting the patient, the adequacy of shared clinical information systems, and the importance of clear communication. The report also examines the continuity of care, the patient's participation in decision-making, and the availability of communication modalities. It justifies the need for effective strategies, and concludes by emphasizing the importance of teamwork, communication, and inter-professional skills in managing patient care. The report highlights the need for preventive measures and proper management of the patient's conditions to ensure his well-being. The report references several sources that support the strategies for interdisciplinary teams.

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Strategies for working in
interdisciplinary teams

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Table of Contents
 Introduction
 Patient's profile
 Complex patient's journey of patient's illness and co morbidities
 Identification of what patient requires from healthcare system.
 How can care co ordinator assist patient with these requirements.
 Adequacy of shared clinical information systems.
 Communication of care coordinator.

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 Continuity of care.
 Patient's participation or non participation of decision
making process.
 Availability or unavailability of communication modalities
linking patients across a variety of settings.
 Justification
 Conclusion
 References

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Introduction
There are various strategies which are used of carrying interdisciplinary teams
that leads to identify and determine various ways and methods of working in
various different areas. There are various features of underpinning of
effective interdisciplinary team work that are determined in a positive
leadership as well as management attributes, communication structures as well
as strategies.

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Patient's profile
Patient name is Zhang Wei who is
42 year old person who is
suffering from a foot infection
and he is presently working as a
full time construction worker.
He has been analysed with
HbA1C results which highlights
about diabetes. And for that
doctor has considers increase in
metformin dose and advised to
manage diabetes by having
insulin.

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Complex patient's journey of
patient's illness and co
morbidities
Patient Zhang Wei is 42 year old person and it has been analysed and
deconstructed that patient is a having a foot infection in leg. By analysing
and checking up with doctor it has been detected that Zhang Wei is
suffering from HbA1C diabetes disease along with that patients is
suffering from Hypertension that are causing from taking mental stress.

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Identification of what patient
requires from healthcare system
There is amount of care and prescription which is required by patient from health care
system. As Zhang Wei is having disease of type III Diabetes Mellitus along with
hypertension and BMI of 28. It has analysed that these diseases are can not be
vanished out properly but I can be control by taking proper health care medicines
and practices on time.

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How can care co ordinator
assist patient with these
requirements
As being a care coordinator patient
could be assist for meeting these
requirements. As care coordinator
could ensure that patient is
provided with proper healthcare
facilities at home so that health of
Zhang Wei will not be affected
more. Health co ordinator could
assists in maintaining patient's
health and well being. .

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Adequacy of shared clinical
information systems
Clinical information systems are those
data and information technology
systems which are applied at a
point of clinical care.

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Communication of care
coordinator
It should be necessary as well as
essential to communicate well and
accurately to doctor, as when patient
will not able to determine what pain
and disease is caused doctor will not
be able to provide with accurate and
right treatment.

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Continuity of care
For treating up with disease and having recovery of patient well. It is
important to ensure that proper care and well being should be provided to
patient so that recovery could be carried faster and effective. As in case of
Zhang Wei, patient is suffering from Diabetes mellitus as well as
hypertension and for treating that level of patient it is important to special
care and treatment so that recovery of patient could be carried well.

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Patient's participation or non
participation of decision
making process
It is foremost important and essential patient should be participative towards
decision making of treatment and medication which has been prescribed to
patient. As in case of Zhang Wei it is important for patient to have open and
frank behaviour in front of doctor as only when doctor will be able to analyse
what kind of medicine and treatment could be provided to treat patient well.
As Zhang Wei , told about to provide light dose medicine and patient will not
be able to carry regular exercise practices for about 60 minutes daily.