Transcript Effective Healthcare Teams

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Effective
Healthcare Teams
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Healthcare Teams
Individuals from different healthcare
disciplines come together to provide
patient care.
 No single professional can deliver a
complete plan of care to meet patient
needs.
 The leader of the healthcare team may
vary depending on the task.
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Healthcare Team Members
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Healthcare team member differences:
– backgrounds
– education levels
– interests
– skills
– careers
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All team members work together to
provide quality patient care.
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Roles and Responsibilities of
Healthcare Team Members
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Assessment
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Treatment / management
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Education / advocacy
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Referrals / collaboration
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Roles and Responsibilities of
Healthcare Team Members
 Assessment
– Evaluation of the patient’s condition
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Roles and Responsibilities of
Healthcare Team Members
 Treatment
– Treatment
/ management
 therapy
 remediation of a health problem
– Management
 develop a plan
 define goals of therapy
 educate and counsel the patient
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Roles and Responsibilities of
Healthcare Team Members
 Education
– Education
/ advocacy
 Provide information or training to the patient and
family members to effect the mind, skills and
values
– Advocacy
 Support for the patient
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Roles and Responsibilities of
Healthcare Team Members
 Referrals
– Referrals
/ collaboration
 Direct patient to another healthcare provider
– Collaboration
 Healthcare team members working together to
achieve a goal
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Characteristics of
Effective Healthcare Teams
Set clear patient
 Relies on multi-discipline
goals with
expertise
measureable
 Provides training for all
outcomes
team members
 Composed of clinical
 Practices effective
and administrative
communication
systems
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Impact of
Effective Healthcare Teams
Benefits to Patients:
 Improved patient care and outcomes
 Better patient access to healthcare
 Satisfaction among patients
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Impact of
Effective Healthcare Teams
Benefits to Healthcare Agencies:
Improved recruitment and retention of
healthcare providers
 Satisfaction among healthcare providers
 Better communications among healthcare
providers
 Efficient and effective use of resources
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Go Team !
(The End!)
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