Question

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Over the last few weeks you have learned about Inpatient and Outpatient Services, Ancillary Services, and Business Operations/Administration. These are all various sectors of an organization. Though they separate divisions of an organization, often it is necessary to build teams using individuals from various departments. For this discussion, you are to:

1. Explain the functions of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teams.
2. Discuss characteristics of successful teams.
3. Analyze the importance of teams in health care operations and delivery.

Answer 1

The main functions of the multidisciplinary team are to work towards a common goal.This can benefit the patient and the healthcare professionals. There are professionals from multiple sector (doctors, nurses, psychiatrist, social workers,therapist ,advocacy workers ,etc.) work to achieve a particular health status of a patient to recover from illness.

The interdisciplinary functions towards achieving a better patient outcome with a designated way of plan or in a specific direction where all professionals follow the rules in achieving a complete health status

The characteristics of successful team are

• Able to handle any critical situations in timely manner and resolving it
• Be a motivation for others
• Improves the outcome (better patient care)
• This team can provide financial security and high income to an organization
• There is always a team work
• Miscommunication doesn't happens
• Conflicts doesn't exist for decisions which are made universally
• Goals are the first priority of them

When a patient comes for a treatment. The care doesn't ends with a provider but continues till he recovers.Here the patient meets the provider,pharmacist to get the medicine.In case of hospital admission it will be a chain of professionals involved in the care of a patient.When there is no team work the interruption of treatment occurs and continuity is lost resulting in poor quality service.Hence team work is essential in healthcare organization's operation and delivery .