Abstract
Interprofessional care is an essential part of the health service delivery system. It helps to achieve improved care and to deliver the optimal and desired health outcomes by working together, sharing and learning skills. Health care organisation is a collective sum of many leaders and followers. Successful delivery of interprofessional care relies on the contribution of interprofessional care team leaders and health care professionals from all groups. The role of the interprofessional care team leader is vital to ensuring continuity and consistency of care and to mobilise and motivate health care professionals for the effective delivery of health services. Medical professionals usually lead interprofessional care teams. Interprofessional care leaders require various skills and competencies for the successful delivery of interprofessional care.
Highlights
Health care is a unique service industry mixed with various factors such as personal and social needs; and involvement of public, private and voluntary sectors
Health care professionals are the biggest resources in health care delivery system as it is a labour intensive service industry
Interprofessional care comes in picture and interprofessional care team leaders play vital roles for the delivery of successful interprofessional care
Summary
Health care is a unique service industry mixed with various factors such as personal and social needs; and involvement of public, private and voluntary sectors. Health care professionals are the biggest resources in health care delivery system as it is a labour intensive service industry. The complex nature of health care and development of very specific expertise within all medical, nursing and allied health care professionals means that no single professional can deliver a complete package of health care. Interprofessional care comes in picture and interprofessional care team leaders play vital roles for the delivery of successful interprofessional care
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