NURS FPX 4030 Assessment 4 Remote Collaboration and Evidence Based Care Benefits and Strategies to Diminish Challenges of Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Benefits and Strategies to Diminish Challenges of Interdisciplinary Collaboration

When health care is provided remotely to patients, interdisciplinary collaboration is significantly required to ensure care coordination without physical meetings. Therefore, healthcare professionals must communicate and collaborate effectively to successfully deliver remote care. The benefits of remote care through collaboration include immediate delivery of care treatments because of improved decision-making in emergency cases that save a patient’s life. Furthermore, interdisciplinary collaboration in remote care overcomes geographical barriers and transportation difficulties and delivers patient-centered care treatments without traveling to physical setups, saving costs and time while enhancing productivity (Winship et al., 2020). 

While the benefits hold significant value, challenges in effective interdisciplinary collaboration are encountered. These challenges include technological and communication barriers and security issues (Datta et al., 2020). The technology-associated errors can hinder collaboration and hence limit adequate remote care delivery. Healthcare professionals face communication barriers due to misunderstandings, miscommunication, and knowledge gaps. Furthermore, remote collaboration requires data sharing, which raises security and privacy concerns (Datta et al., 2020). 

NURS FPX 4030 Assessment 4 Remote Collaboration and Evidence Based Care

The strategies to mitigate the challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration include using user-friendly practical communication tools that share patient health data securely with appropriate encryption, such as end-to-end encryption-based platforms like WhatsApp (Bameyi et al., 2020). Furthermore, the healthcare providers must communicate in a clear and plain language that is understandable by all team members to enhance their collaboration in communication. Lastly, all healthcare providers must procure high-width broadband internet to promote seamless communication and collaboration (Meisner et al., 2020). 

In future care situations, interdisciplinary collaboration can be better leveraged to improve patient health outcomes in several ways. For instance, continuous education of healthcare professionals on their crucial role in improving collaboration and care coordination can enhance their buy-in and obtain valuable patient health outcomes (Barreto et al., 2019). Additionally, remote monitoring can enhance patient access to care and facilitate continuous improvement in data collection, ultimately improving interdisciplinary team coordination (Miranda et al., 2023). Lastly, conducting regular feedback mechanisms among team members on patient health data can inform the team on areas of improvement and refine care plans based on evaluation (Moirano et al., 2019). This leads to improved health outcomes in patients and the overall well-being of patients. 

Conclusion

To conclude, I discussed remote collaboration and evidence-based care for a 25-year-old male dwelling in a rural area and diagnosed with gender dysphoria. For this purpose, I devised an evidence-based care plan using the Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model (JHNEBP). Furthermore, I evaluated the relevant and helpful evidence by using CRAAP criteria. Lastly, I discussed how interdisciplinary collaboration is essential in remote care delivery and what strategies must be employed to improve the collaboration among team members and ultimately improve patient health outcomes. 

References

Bameyi, O. J., Misra, S., Idachaba, F. E., & Oluranti, J. (2020). End-To-End security in communication networks: A review. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 1372, 492–505. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73603-3_46