Best-Practice Interdisciplinary Collaboration Strategies

The Villa scenario shows a number of aspects that led to poor collaboration between the interdisciplinary teams. Firstly, it is evident from the case study that there was a lack of effective collaboration and teamwork. The healthcare providers did not work with the IT team and implementers of the new system being used in the organization. The proposers of the new system did not involve the IT team in system design and implementation. They also failed in equipping the nurses with the essential knowledge and skills that they needed for the use of the system. The interdisciplinary team also failed in ensuring that the adopters of the system had the essential skills. They did not provide training to the nurses and the IT team on the use of the system. They also failed to provide the technical support that nurses needed in implementing the new system for use in patient care. There was also the lack of management involvement in decision-making. Instead, the corporate made decisions that were imposed on the management. The management had no input in the adoption process, leading to poor implementation. The IT personnel also noted the fact that the organization experienced shortage of IT personnel. The implication was that the implementation of the new system would require more time or hiring of additional staffs. This fact was however ignored, leading to poor implementation of the system. Cumulatively, the above factors led to challenges in the implementation of the new system in the organization.

The above issues had a number of negative implications for the human and financial resources and the organization as a whole. Firstly, it led to resistance to change from the healthcare providers. Nurses resisted the use of the system, leading to their low job satisfaction and morale. The other implication was the wastage of financial resources by the organization. The organizational financial resources were used inefficiently, as evidenced by the lack of realization of the goals of the new system use in the organization. The new system also affected the safety of care given in the organization. One of the nurses reported that the challenges she experienced in using the system often led to missed medications and delayed care being given to patients.  

Leadership Best Practice or Strategy

One of the best practice leadership strategy that could have been utilized by the hospital in Villa case study to implement the new system is training the adopters about the new system. The management and corporate should have provided adequate training opportunities for the interdisciplinary teams to be involved in implementing the change. Training would have provided them with the knowledge and skills that they needed in using the new system. For example, training would have enabled the nurses have the required competencies in using the system to achieve efficient patient care. The other leadership strategy that could have been effective is facilitating the use of the system by providing coaching, mentorship, and continuous assessment on the use of the system. The implementers could have worked with the interdisciplinary team in using the system to identify their challenges, implement new strategies, and evaluate the success of the adoption process (Patri & Suresh, 2018). The strategy could have facilitate the adoption of strategies to improve the adoption and use of the system in the organization.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration Best Practice or Strategy

One of the interdisciplinary collaboration strategy that could have been used to implement the new system in the organization is open communication. It can be seen from the case that open communication between and among stakeholders was not fostered in the organization. For example, Corporate Josh did not allow the interdisciplinary team to express their concerns and views on the ways in which the new system could be adopted with ease. The other strategy that could have been utilized is active involvement of the interdisciplinary teams. The healthcare providers, management, leadership, and IT personnel should have played an active role in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the system. Their active involvement would have built the confidence that they needed in utilizing the system. It would have also strengthened their knowledge and skills in the use of the system. There is also the fact that their active involvement would have minimized the risk of resistance since they would have been prepared psychologically for the change (Wensing et al., 2020). Therefore, the above strategies should have been considered to increase the adoption of the new system in the organization.

Conclusion

In summary, change is an important aspect in nursing practice. Successful implementation of a change initiative depends largely