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Collaborative practice. Characteristics, barriers, benefits, and implications for midwifery
1Fletcher Allen Health Care, Women's Health Care Service, Burlington, VT 05401, USA.
Journal of Nurse-Midwifery
|March 7, 1998
Summary
The collaborative model of care enhances patient outcomes, reduces costs, and boosts satisfaction. Midwifery exemplifies this standard through defined collaborative practices.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Patient-Centered Care
Background:
- Growing consensus among professional organizations supports the collaborative model of care.
- Existing literature highlights benefits including improved health outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and increased patient satisfaction.
Purpose of the Study:
- To define collaboration as understood by various professional organizations.
- To examine how midwifery has established its standards for collaborative practice within healthcare.
Main Methods:
- Review of organizational definitions of healthcare collaboration.
- Analysis of midwifery's established practices and standards in collaborative care settings.
Main Results:
- Identified common themes in organizational definitions of collaboration.
- Demonstrated midwifery's proactive role in setting benchmarks for collaborative practice.
Conclusions:
- The collaborative model is a recognized strategy for enhancing healthcare delivery.
- Midwifery serves as a key example of successful implementation of collaborative care standards.