What is interprofessional collaboration?
According to WHO: “Collaborative practice happens when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds work together with patients, families, carers and communities to deliver the highest quality of care across settings[1].”
How would you explain Interprofessional Collaboration?
Why do we need interprofessional collaboration?
Effective interprofessional collaborative practice (ICP) can lead to:
- improved access to health interventions and improved coordination between different sectors for individuals and their families with more involvement in decision making;
- a comprehensive, coordinated and safe health system that is responsive to the needs of the population;
- efficient use of resources;
- reduced incidence and prevalence of disability. In particular disability associated with noncommunicable diseases when health systems embrace ICP across the full course of the disease (health promotion, illness and injury prevention as well as disease management and cure, and rehabilitation); and
- increased job satisfaction, with reduced stress and burnout of health professionals.