Quality Intervention In Healthcare

Briefing Paper 1
In order to be able to deliver quality interventions for the service user within limitations of increasing economic constraints, it could be argued that IP teams have to work effectively. How can this be achieved?
The above trigger provoked a lot of issues, examining the keywords ‘quality interventions’, ‘service user’ and ‘work effectively’ as these all refer to person centred care and practice. Barrett et al (2005) state that the nature of health and social care is such that, for many, the quality of the service received is dependent upon how effectively different professionals work together. However, services are continually changing due to economic constraints and the recession and I have experienced these changes whilst…show more content…
All my placements were using an electronic system where different professionals had access to clients’ information and were able to easily follow up their plan of care and there was improved information sharing both internally and externally. My current placement is a different specialist placement and they do not use any IT links or databases. This can prove to be difficult especially when new clients are admitted and they do not have their notes and sometimes tracing the whereabouts of these clients’ notes can be difficult.
Hubbard & Themessl-Huber (2005) have stated the two main factors that determine the progress of joint working these being the extent to which the concept of joint working becomes part of a person’s professional identity and the other is the environmental and organisational infrastructure. The more professionals think as providers of care rather than as for example nurses, social workers, midwives, physiotherapists, the more likely they are to achieve a whole system approach to…show more content…
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