Interdisciplinary Teams in Healthcare: We’re All in This Together

In 1987 when I started working at the Emory clinic, a medical team related to Emory University, the name Emory seemed to be the only one in common with Emory University Hospital. Each hospital is operated as its own organization, and there is little coordination between them except for the sharing billing system. Emory Clinic (TEC) was further deleted due to differences in the care provided at outpatient clinics and the hospital environment. TEC's organizational level at the time was an isolated island organization based on clinical expertise.

Even in a multidisciplinary group clinical trial, people are also in need of an interdisciplinary team designed to treat specific clinical symptoms (eg teams treating children with congenital problems, oncology teams, hospice care) We will cooperate throughout the care community. Operating Room and ICU However, team members are often trained in various fields and educational programs. They can not understand each other's strengths or admit weaknesses other than crisis. They may not have been trained to use new technology or mature technology.

Efforts to change the organizational culture to promote interdisciplinary work can be a big challenge and strong leadership is necessary. Seeking a broader perspective of medical teams and patient representatives, ideal participation, and joint improvement and development of services are important steps to achieve this goal. As a counselor supporting attitudes, rather than saying "I have difficulty, I need to make people around me difficult", the mentality got the greatest benefit from the people around and got their I will help you win respect. Treat your colleagues with respect and humility, you can build and maintain productive relationships, attract people around you, and ultimately improve patient care.

For those who have access to patients and health care information, it is important that each of us is the same and has the same goal. The goal is patient health. This is the right information for the patient, and the patient can obtain the necessary information to make it better. This is the doctor's goal, the goal of the nurse, and the goal of the patient. "What you said is very important to me, I'd like to get the right answer, but I'd like to confirm if I can delay it. What you said is very to me It is important, can you repeat that and speak slowly? "