Question

Complete the table attached below to briefly identify four (4) characteristics of multidisciplinary teams and how they are used. Please identify the characteristics of a work team in the healthcare setting and how it would be applied.

Briefly identify four (4) characteristics of multidisciplinary teams and how they are used?

Multidisciplinary team characteristics	How these characteristics are used to provide effective care
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Answer 1

1	Shared goals and objectives	Successful joint working requires clear, realistic and achievable aims and objectives, understood and accepted by all partners, including patients, families and carers
2	 Patient-centred care  Physician integration	Physician integration provide (i) integrated care works for patients and (ii) more care is delivered away from hospital settings.
3	 Shared information technology and access to patient data	MDT working depends on robust information systems for rapid communication between sectors and organisations and within teams, for example by using a single record gathered from shared assessments. To facilitate seamless communication between providers, information must be accessible from anywhere in the health and social care system, at any time
4	Culture, collaboration and shared decision making processes	To make integrated services work, staff must therefore be able to put the interests of service users before professional cultural norms and be prepared to work in different ways
5	Co-location / geographical integration	Co-location is considered an important element of joint working, encouraging informal contact, increased mutual understanding, quicker and easier communication, expedited problem-solving and facilitating learning across professional boundaries