Multidisciplinary Healthcare Teams: The Role of Health Security, Nursing, Medical Laboratories, Social Work, Medical Secretaries, and Physiotherapy in Patient Care

Abstract

Introduction: Integrated and/or multidisciplinary healthcare teams have become one of the essentials of present day medicine and have raised the focus of such a variety of needs and interests that healthcare delivery has come to be viewed as the business of teams and not individuals. These teams are formed by professionals of different specialties who come with different experience and views. Combined the ultimately improve the quality and efficiency of the care, produce superior health outcomes for the patient, and promote patient-centric treatment plans. Some of the important members of these teams include personnel in health security, nursing, medical laboratory, social work, medical secretaries and physiotherapy.
Aim of work: To explore the contributions of various disciplines within multidisciplinary healthcare teams, specifically examining the roles of health security, nursing, medical laboratories, social work, medical secretaries, and physiotherapy.
Methods: We conducted a comprehensive search in the MEDLINE database's electronic literature using the following search terms: Multidisciplinary, Healthcare, Role, Health Security, Nursing, Medical Laboratories, Social Work, Medical Secretaries, and Physiotherapy, Patient Care. The search was restricted to publications from 2016 to 2024 in order to locate relevant content. We performed a search on Google Scholar to locate and examine academic papers that pertain to my subject matter. The selection of articles was impacted by certain criteria for inclusion.
Results: The publications analyzed in this study encompassed from 2016 to 2024. The study was structured into various sections with specific headings in the discussion section.
Conclusion: Multidisciplinary health care team is the common practice for the future effective and holistic patient care delivering by the team of various professionals. Health security professionals protect the health environment, nurses treat patients with patient-centered care, medical laboratory perform tests and diagnoses, social workers manage patients’ psychosocial issues, medical secretaries manage schedules and referrals, physiotherapy assists patients to restore function. Combined, the above professionals create a compact team that seeks to enhance client results and the overall standard of healthcare delivery. Their working hence portrays how much team work can go a long way in ensuring the complexity of today’s health care is well dealt with.