Why Participate in This Self-Study Program?
- Health care providers who develop skills have an edge in today’s market. (Interdisciplinary Health Education Panel, 1997)
- Patients want care that has continuity and is coordinated. Patients know that if
professionals don't work together, their care can become secondary to professionals’ needs.
- In the face of specialization of care, the team approach to treatment is
essential in order to (a) meet the comprehensive needs of patients, (b) provide an
efficient means of communication among specialists who, by necessity, must
cooperate and collaborate in meeting the patient's needs and (c) ensure that quality
of care and accountability requirements are fully met, many of which are
stipulated for reimbursement of services."
- Health care professionals today face a new world shaped largely by the ascent
of managed care. In today’s health care environment, professionals of all disciplines are expected to
take responsibility for whole populations, to not only cure people of disease,
but prevent illness when possible, and to tend to them across a continuum of
care. They are expected to deliver high-quality care that responds to patients’ needs and preferences and is cost-effective. Among the key skills needed in
this new environment is the ability to work well in teams.
- on the effects of interdisciplinary team care has shown many benefits.
- In a from a committee of the Institute of Medicine, the importance of teamwork for
primary care of all populations was underscored.
- It is expected that growing managed care systems and their reliance on
continuous quality improvement methods and capitated systems will support the
continued practice of interdisciplinary care. In a capitated system, the group
practice receives a predetermined payment for each enrollee. This is a change from
the fee-for-service model. Financial incentives are now based on a group effort
as opposed to an individual effort.
- In the future, will be seen as a requirement rather than an option.