The Medical Collaborative

Medicine is important for treating diseases. For example, a medical doctor gives medication to patients for fever. However, there are times when certain medication are not needed such as antibiotics. Doctors should not give patients antibiotics for people who have common cold because 1) Common cold is caused by a virus 2) Antibiotics do not work on viruses 3) There is no good evidence that antibiotics help with common cold disease.

The collaboration of medical staff is critical to the successful operations of the facility and the delivery of quality treatment to patients.  A team that is appropriately synched when it comes to communicating their needs will be more effective in executing their role, especially when it comes to the ongoing improvement of the care delivered to the network of patients. 1. Define Collaborative Approach to Health Care A group of medical practitioners from different professions who share patients, patient care goals and have responsibilities for complementary tasks on an ongoing basis is best defined for the c ollaborative team .  This team should be actively interdependent and communicating with other team members, patients and families to ensure that all the various aspects of patient's health care needs are addressed for future.  2. Delegate the Roles of Each Team Member, Respect Job Roles The education of a health professional is largely separat...

Medicine is important for those who are sick. However people who are not sick should not use medicine. People have used cough syrup not for treating sore throat but for getting myself drowsy to get a better sleep.  This is an example of substance abuse, not using medicine for its intended purposes. It is important to use medicine to treat an illness but it is bad if medicine is used to if someone is healthy. It is important to instruct patients how to take medicine properly and tell the patients the side effects and the effects of overdosing medicine. Patients should have been advised not to use medication outside from treatment.

Strong working relationships between pharmacists and physicians are needed to optimize patient care. Understanding attitudes and barriers to collaboration between pharmacists and physicians may help with delivery of primary health care services. The primary role of the pharmacist is evolving from a focus on dispensing medications to taking increased responsibility for and facilitating optimal medication use through collaboration. The increasing complexity of medication therapies underscores the need for strong working relationships between pharmacists and physicians to optimize patient care. The organized structure of institutional settings facilitates communication and collaboration between health care professionals. Hospital pharmacists have demonstrated their ability to improve care by decreasing mortality and morbidity, reducing adverse drug events and reducing health care costs. Pharmacy practice in now involves patient-centred care including counselling, providing ...

Today’s healthcare labor force is being asked to work in collaborative, integrated teams to achieve the goal of delivering patient-centered, safe and effective care that meets the growing and complex needs of an aging population. A vision for collaborative practice fueled by inter-professional education has emerged on a national level, and momentum is building in academic and practice settings in support of this vision. In order to sustain this momentum and make inter-professional collaborative practice a reality, healthcare leaders and educators must critically evaluate the cultures, systems and infrastructures currently in place. Healthcare organizations also must understand that collaboration is more than just working together and working well with others outside the traditional care circle. It is also a commitment to a new operational framework and an acknowledgment that an integrated healthcare workforce will need innovative tools, resources and technology that can stand u...