Question

Implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team through communication and relationship building.

Answer 1

In hospitals or healthcare centers an Interprofessional team is a group of individuals coming from different medical backgrounds and specialities, working together to provide the best and most optimal care to the patient.

There is a very distinct correlation between the cohesiveness of this interprofessional collaboration and their effetiveness at patient care administration

A few ways patient safety and quality improvement initiatives can be implemented within the context of the interprofessional team are

• Promoting better team work through group exercises
• Implementing a system that makes sure everyone on team has clear goals
• Ensuring clarity about the particular role, each person plays
• Conducting seminars and lectures which inform about the importance of interprofessional colloboration to patient safety, to pharmacists and other medical professionals
• Interprofessional community events that highlight importance and roles of health care professionals
• Monitoring progress through patient satisfaction.