Interprofessional healthcare: a common taxonomy to assist with understanding

Implementation of models of interprofessional healthcare can be a difficult process. One of the contributing factors is that different professionals use different terminology when addressing the same concepts. This paper proposes a common taxonomy for models of interprofessional care in order to facilitate understanding of these models regardless of the health professions involved. Three basic models are described with specific examples: the Physician Extender Model, Triage Model, and Parallel Model.