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Health Informatics
Healthcare Management
Team Collaboration in Medicine

Background:

Healthcare is transitioning to a patient-centric model, increasing the need for effective teamwork.
Existing healthcare information systems struggle to support the dynamic requirements of modern patient-centered care.
The UK prioritizes a unified electronic patient record (EPR) for national practitioner use.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify support needs for healthcare teams beyond a unified electronic patient record (EPR).
To propose and evaluate a system that tracks practitioners within patient care teams and their professional roles.
To enhance practitioner access to role-appropriate EPR information and improve team collaboration.

Main Methods:

Conceptual system design focusing on team and role tracking.
Evaluation of the proposed system's potential to tailor EPR views.
Assessment of the system's capacity to support interprofessional collaboration.

Main Results:

The proposed system can provide role-specific views of the EPR.
Tracking teams and professional roles enhances support for collaborative practice.
The system offers a potential solution to bridge the gap between unified EPRs and team-based care needs.

Conclusions:

A system that recognizes practitioners as part of a patient's care team is crucial.
Tailoring EPR access based on professional roles improves information utility.
This approach can significantly enhance collaboration in patient-centered healthcare settings.