TEAM Sarcoidosis: Creating a Multidisciplinary Care Team for Complex Clinical Management

Area of Science:

• Pulmonology
• Rheumatology
• Systemic Diseases

Background:

• Sarcoidosis presents diagnostic, monitoring, and treatment challenges, leading to patient distress.
• Multisystemic involvement necessitates coordinated care approaches.
• Existing literature on implementing multidisciplinary care in sarcoidosis is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

• To outline best practices for establishing multidisciplinary sarcoidosis care teams.
• To identify common challenges in implementing these models.
• To review the current literature on multidisciplinary care for sarcoidosis and interstitial lung disease.

Main Methods:

• Review of best practices and challenges in multidisciplinary care.
• Description of the Johns Hopkins Sarcoidosis Center (JHSC) team development.
• Formation and role of the JHSC patient advisory board.
• Literature review of multidisciplinary models in sarcoidosis and ILD.

Main Results:

• Multidisciplinary care models can enhance diagnostic clarity and streamline patient management.
• The JHSC model provides a framework for team development and patient engagement.
• Key challenges include resource allocation, interdisciplinary communication, and defining team roles.

Conclusions:

• Multidisciplinary care is advocated for sarcoidosis but requires further implementation studies.
• Patient advisory boards are valuable for guiding multidisciplinary team initiatives.
• Further research is needed to optimize multidisciplinary care models for sarcoidosis and related conditions.