scholarly journals Aligning Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team Behavior with Workflow Execution: An Example of a Radical Prostatectomy Workflow

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Szymon Wilk ◽  
Dympna O'Sullivan ◽  
Mounira Kezadri-Hamiaz ◽  
Craig Kuziemsky ◽  
Daniela Rosu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Radical Prostatectomy ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Team Behavior ◽  
Workflow Execution ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team

Honoring Patient Care Preferences: Surrogates Speak

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia W. Buckey ◽  
Olga Molina
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Treatment Decision ◽  
Living Will ◽  
Emotional Impact ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Life Sustaining Treatment ◽  
Stressful Experience ◽  
Surrogate Decision ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team

A growing body of evidence has pointed to the stressful experience surrounding surrogate decision-making on behalf of incapacitated patients. This study (N = 59) asked surrogates to speak about their experiences immediately after having made a life-sustaining treatment decision. Grounded theory analysis revealed four themes: (1) the emotional impact of the decision-making process on the surrogate; (2) the difficulty of watching a loved one's health deteriorate; (3) the importance of having a Living Will (LW) or other written/verbal instructions; and (4) the reliance on spirituality as a means of coping with the surrogate experience. Findings of this study suggest that engaging surrogates at the time of patient admission may be essential in order to clarify patient preferences and strengthen communication between surrogates and the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

An ontology-driven framework to support the dynamic formation of an interdisciplinary healthcare team

2020 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 104075
Author(s):  
Szymon Wilk ◽  
Mounira Kezadri-Hamiaz ◽  
Daniel Amyot ◽  
Wojtek Michalowski ◽  
Craig Kuziemsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team ◽  
Dynamic Formation

Supporting an Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team with a Multi-Agent System

2016 ◽  
pp. 371-382
Author(s):  
Davood Astaraky ◽  
Szymon Wilk ◽  
Wojtek Michalowski ◽  
Pavel Andreev ◽  
Craig E. Kuziemsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Multi Agent System ◽  
Agent System ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team

A Knitting Together of Practices: Reflections on the Phenomenology of an Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Healthcare Team

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Maureen Dillon ◽  
Sandra Kippen ◽  
Julie Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Rehabilitation Program ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Rehabilitation Team ◽  
Shared Reality ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Regional Area ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation ◽  
Cohesive Group ◽  
Interdisciplinary Healthcare

The phenomenon of the interdisciplinary healthcare team is relatively new, and the experience of being part of such a team presents particular issues as members knit together their practices to form a cohesive whole. This article presents the results of a study of such a team. The participants were 6 health professionals involved in a rehabilitation program in a small not-for-profit hospital in a regional area. They participated in in-depth interviews to assist an exploration of the experience of belonging to such a team. The rationale for using this team was that it was generally recognised as a professional and cohesive group of people who were particularly successful at setting and achieving team goals. Phenomenological philosophy and methodology underpinned data collection and analysis, particularly that described by Colaizzi, which requires rigorous adherence to several steps in the analysts and returning to each participant with the findings for their final validation. The data analysis revealed themes relating to relationships with each other, with the team, and with the hierarchy. The essence of these experiences emerged as a notion of shared reality within the context of the team. Thus this article concludes that the essence of a successful rehabilitation team lies in its shared reality comprising such concepts as respect, shared wisdom and effective communication.

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