Benefits and Strategies to Mitigate the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Benefits and Strategies to Mitigate the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Caitlyn and her family are faced with myriad challenges that can have detrimental effects on the healing of Caitlyn if not addressed. The challenges are long distances to access specialized healthcare, parents long working hours, parent-child separation, and lifestyle changes that accrue from the advent of a chronic illness (Bregnballe et al., 2017). With the effective collaboration of all care providers, Caitlyn can positively impact her life. The involvement of her parents in her care and access to available healthcare resources would also play a big role in the recovery of Caitlyn.

Provision of quality healthcare to pre-scholars presents with several difficulties. Studies show that care of the young is complicated due to the complex treatment modalities, treatment administration procedures, and treatment considerations. The parents are required to have enhanced knowledge concerning the care of their child, receive support and at the same time provide and receive feedback. Telehealth is, thus, an integral role during the care of Caitlyn.

With the diverse professionals involved in the care of Caitlyn, the parents can support their child during care and also provide the best medical interventions utilizing the vast experiences and knowledge of these professionals involved. Telehealth is the best option in today’s practice as it avails all necessary and available resources leading to an effective healthcare approach (Crump, 2020). Telehealth, in this case, provides the best and most accessible way of accessing the healthcare team and thus effective monitoring of Caitlyn’s progress.

From the above illustrations, Telehealth is an effective method of monitoring patients even when they are away from the hospital settings. Evidence-based practice thus continues to be the preferred/gold standard for informing patient care. Telehealth aids in learning, consultation, and patient monitoring leading to desirable health outcomes. As an evidence-based practice, Telehealth is the method of choice to care for patients with difficulties accessing healthcare. Healthcare providers and healthcare institutions should embrace and utilize telemedicine in the provision of healthcare. Adequate training our healthcare providers in telemedicine is vital for safeguarding the future of our healthcare (Pourmand et al., 2021).

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