First few Article Sentences
Patients and their families rely on our ability to work together, with a shared focus on their well-being, whether they’re in a hospital, at home, in a clinic, or in Long Term Care. The way to achieve that is through highly coordinated team-based, patient-centered care, which is built on the idea that every discipline – as well as the patient and the family – is integral to the team.
Interprofessional collaborative practice in healthcare occurs when multiple health workers from different professional backgrounds provide comprehensive services by working with patients, their families and communities to deliver the highest quality of care – physical, emotional and psychological – across settings, according to the World Health Organization.