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HSHM341 MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
ASSESSMENT 2: ESSAY
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Significance of Leadership and Collaborative Working in Healthcare Organisation    3
Role of Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) towards Successful Performance in Healthcare Service Delivery    5
Relevance of MDT and Collaborative Working in Healthcare Management    7
Justifying their Relevance through Examples from Own Work Experience    10
Identifying the Most Relevant Approach for Healthcare Managers and Organisations to Adopt    12
Conclusion    12
References    14
Introduction
The access to proper healthcare is one of the most basic rights of people. Hence, new improvisations are being made every now and them to attain greater levels of efficacy in this segment to
ing about greater benefits to humanity. The utilities of teamwork have been established in most industries, in terms of not only the benefits but also efficiency. Although teamwork has been applauded in most segments, there has been mixed opinions regarding the actual benefits of teamwork. There are people who believe that too many people partaking to deal with a situation may further pave the path for new problems rather than solving it. Hence, this sheds light on the concept of efficient multidisciplinary collaboration and leadership. The following essay attempts to review concept of multidisciplinary collaboration in a healthcare set-up as well as strives to compare and contrast it with individual working to establish which of the two would be more appropriate.
Significance of Leadership and Collaborative Working in Healthcare Organisation
Good leadership is a vital part of any industry. According to Dodgson (2018), a leader plays an important role in channelizing an industry to achieve its goals and attain success. The act of taking up as well as assigning responsibilities to various employees of an industry would be essential for the industry. Besides this, as noted by Thomson, Outram, Gilligan and Levett-Jones, (2015), assuming ownership upon achieving relevant goals and recognising beneficial policies for the industry also entail important duties of a leader. Likewise, the leader also holds significant position in healthcare sector.
A healthcare centre focuses on the main aim of providing care to the sick individuals. Leaders would function in the smooth exhibition of the various processes by
inging about proper co-ordination between various entities. The leader defines clear goals for the administration and staff as well as provides for a safe environment for them to discharge their duties. The leader plays a key role in maintaining regulatory standards in all aspects of healthcare. As noted by Frow, McColl-Kennedy and Payne (2016), it is the role of the leader to see to it that all the employees are all properly trained and they strictly maintain the quality of service provided to the patients. One of the most indispensable roles of the leaders in a healthcare setup would be to maintain collaboration amongst the various departments. The leader also pays attention to working of all the Departments, gathers relevant information and finds out regions wherein improvements could be made to attain better outcomes. Hence, considering all the previously mentioned aspects, it could be stated that the leader plays a very significant role in the healthcare industry.
Collaborative working or concerted working has its own set of benefits for any industry. One of the biggest contributing factors that determine whether a particular industry or business set up achieves success would be the ability of its workers, administration, owners as well as the various stakeholders involved to work together in a team. In the face of the increasing competition, according to Rose (2007), the united actions of the employees become even more relevant. The effectiveness of the work done in collaboration is relatively more and the time taken to do it is less. Collaboration among professionals provides a plethora of benefits. These may include exchange of ideas and knowledge, collective
ainstorming, more efficient problem solving and faster attainment of goals. Besides, the work experience obtained by employees would be beneficial for employees. This would also help the employees develop better relationships amongst themselves.
Similarly, it could be stated that collaboration plays a major role in the healthcare industry as well. The prime focus of any healthcare agency, as observed by Smith, Fowler-Davis, Nanca
ow, Ariss and Ende
y (2018), would be to care for the patients. Care, however, cannot be provided by the solo efforts of particular entities of the organisation. In order to
ing about an all-round, holistic and wholesome development for the patient, it would be important to engage a multidisciplinary team. According to Roehrich, Lewis and George (2014), concerted working, collaboration at different levels and communication are indispensable pre-requisites for providing effective care to the affected individuals. The term Interdisciplinary Collaboration is used to refer to the combined and collective efforts put in by the experts and professionals belonging to a diverse range of backgrounds and domains.
Generally, these individuals work together when they have common goals in mind as teamwork may help facilitate the achievement of their goals. As suggested by the Mahdizadeh, Heydari and Moonaghi (2015), implementation of interprofessional collaboration provides a chance for health professionals to work together, share views, respect each other’s opinions and come to a common ground for providing the best therapies to the patient. As suggested by Lutfiyya, Brandt and Ce
a (2016), that interdisciplinary teamwork has led to improved patient outcomes, better and superior quality of interventions as well as lowering of costs of care and interventions. Not only the professional collaboration
ings about the faster attainment of outcomes, but also reduces inefficiencies, thereby, further justifying the significance of collaboration.
Role of Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDT) towards Successful Performance in Healthcare Service Delivery
Teams of professionals make up the cornerstones of healthcare. These teams are generally composed of experts. Multidisciplinary teams (MDT), as stated by Reeves, Pelone, Ha
ison, Goldman and Zwarenstein (2017), entail a number of professionals who belong to different backgrounds and channelize their respective skills to attain the best possible patient outcomes. However, multidisciplinary collaboration may put forward many challenges. For instance, there may be individuals from different backgrounds with contrary as well as varied viewpoints on any particular case. In such a case, it would be difficult to decide on the interventions.
The major aim of this collaboration, as mentioned by Hollak et al. (2016), is to deliver an intervention that could address as many of the patient’s necessities as possible. Therefore, the viewpoint addressing the maximum needs would be given preference. Multidisciplinary collaboration, as suggested by Weeks et al. (2017), may be of two types, the ones that include members of different backgrounds of the same organisation as well as those, which
ing together professionals of varying skills from various organisations. In most cases, it is a common practise that depending upon the requirements of the patient at different instances, the composition of the multidisciplinary and collaborating team may be changed.
The Multidisciplinary Team involved in Health care, as observed by Rashid (2015), mainly consists of the general physician, practise nurses, midwives, orthopaedics, allied health professionals such as physiotherapists, occupational therapy providers, pathologists, radiologists, physiotherapists, psychologists, microbiologists, paediatricians, dieticians, nutritionists as well as social workers. In certain cases, depending upon the patient’s requirements, some specific professionals may be included. For instance, in case of deaf and mute patients professionals well versed in sign language may be included. In some cases, Aboriginal healthcare workers may also be hired. 
Additionally, some healthcare educators may also be included in the team. All of these professionals skilfully execute their duties and collaborate their actions for the...