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Building and Supporting Interprofessional Teams to Support Population Health.

Kae Rivers Livsey¹, Sofia Aliaga², Jennifer Wells³

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High-functioning healthcare teams improve patient care and population health outcomes. Understanding factors influencing team dynamics and leveraging systems like AHEC can enhance inter-professional collaboration.

Keywords:

AHEC Jennifer Wells Kae Rivers Livsey Sofia Aliaga health care delivery interprofessional education interprofessional teams north carolina population health public health

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Healthcare Management

Background:

Effective team-based care is crucial for optimizing healthcare delivery.
Team functioning significantly influences patient outcomes and population health.
Identifying facilitators and barriers to team-based care is essential for improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore factors enabling and interfering with team-based care.
To examine the role of the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) system in promoting inter-professional collaboration.
To provide insights for enhancing team-based care delivery in North Carolina.

Main Methods:

Qualitative analysis of factors impacting team-based care.
Review of AHEC's potential role in inter-professional education and practice.
Discussion of strategies for fostering effective healthcare teams.

Main Results:

Teamwork in healthcare is influenced by various enabling and interfering factors.
The AHEC system has the potential to foster inter-professional education and practice.
Targeted interventions can improve team functioning and healthcare outcomes.

Conclusions:

Optimizing team-based care requires addressing identified enabling and interfering factors.
Inter-professional education and practice, supported by systems like AHEC, are key to successful healthcare teams.
Enhancing team functioning is vital for advancing healthcare delivery and population health.