BACKGROUND Interprofessional collaboration improves the quality of medical care, but integration into inpatient workflow has been limited. Identification of systems-based factors promoting or diminishing bedside interprofessional rounds (BIR), one method of interprofessional collaboration, is critical for potential improvements in collaboration in hospital settings. The objective of this study ...

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, identifies interprofessional collaboration among health care providers as an essential part of improving the accessibility, quality, and value of health care in the United States. The report highlights four key messages, one of which emphasizes nurses’ role as “full partners, with physicians and oth...

Interprofessional education among health care professionals has been recommended as a way to improve the quality of services. This paper analyses the results of an evaluative study of a practitioner-led, interprofessional programme for preregistration health care students, the Trust-Based Education and Training Programme, developed by South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in...

OBJECTIVES Community Health Workers (CHWs) serve as a means of improving outcomes for underserved populations. However, their relationship within health care teams is not well studied. The purpose of this integrative review was to examine published research reports that demonstrated positive health outcomes as a result of CHW intervention to identify interprofessional teamwork and collaboration...

BACKGROUND Poor communication between physicians and nursing staff could result in inadequate interprofessional collaboration with negative effects on patient health. In order to ensure optimal health care for patients, it is important to strengthen interprofessional communication and collaboration between physicians and nurses during their education. AIM The aim of this project is to foster ...

OBJECTIVE Changes in models of health care are required to better meet the needs of diverse, underserved patient populations. Collaboration among providers is one way to promote accessible, comprehensive and continuous care in healthcare organizations. This paper describes the quantitative findings from two time points that examined providers' views of collaboration among a sample of diverse pe...

Child maltreatment is a global problem and a multidimensional phenomenon occurring in all social classes. This study depicts interprofessional collaboration associated with the detection of and early intervention in child maltreatment taking place in the family. The data were collected in a large Finnish city, Tampere (207 866 citizens). A survey was administered to employees in day care, basic...

In this department, Dr Newhouse highlights hot topics in nursing outcomes, research, and evidencebased practice relevant to the nurse administrator. The goal is to discuss the practical implications for nurse leaders in diverse healthcare settings. Content includes evidence-based projects and decision making, locating measurement tools for quality improvement and safety projects, using outcome ...

Background and Purpose. Interprofes­ sional collaboration in health care is now considered a high priority, as concerns about patient safety, health and human resources shortages, and effective and ef­ ficient care have reached epic proportions. Although there are many models for in­ terprofessional education for collabora­ tive, patient-centered care, there is little in the literature to descr...