Interprofessional healthcare: a common taxonomy to assist with understanding.
Implementation of models of interprofessional healthcare can be a difficult process. One of the contributing factors is that different professionals use different terminology when addressing the same concepts. This paper proposes a common taxonomy for models of interprofessional care in order to facilitate understanding of these models regardless of the health professions involved. Three basic models are described with specific examples: the Physician Extender Model, Triage Model, and Parallel Model.
Aiken
Alice B
AB
School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queens University, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada. alice.aiken@queensu.ca
McColl
Mary Ann
MA
D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017146:Models, Organizational; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000458:organization & administration; D014218:Triage / Q000458:organization & administration