title: [An Experience Promoting the Interdisciplinary Care Model for Dengue Fever].
abstract: Emergency departments represent the first line in facing major healthcare events. During major epidemic outbreaks, patients crowding into the emergency departments increase the wait time for patients and overload the staffs that are on duty. The dengue fever outbreak in southern Taiwan during the summer 2015 presented a huge management challenge for physicians and nurses in local hospitals. We responded to this challenge by integrating resources from different hospital departments. This strategy successfully increased group cohesiveness among the medical team, ensuring that they could not only ultimately cope with the outbreak together but also effectively provide patient-centered care. This interdisciplinary care model may serve as a reference for medical professionals for the management of future epidemics and similar events.
authors: BSN, RN, Assistant Head Nurse, Department of Nursing, Chi-Mei Medical Center;, Taiwan, ROC.
authors: Wen-Fu
authors: WF
authors: Kuo
authors: SN, RN, Supervisor, Department of Nursing, Chi-Mei Medical Center, and Doctoral Student, Graduate Institute of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University., Taiwan, ROC. 300036@mail.chimei.org.tw.
authors: Ya-Ting
authors: YT
authors: Ke
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D003715:Dengue / Q000628:therapy*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D018802:Patient-Centered Care
keywords: dengue fever; integrated care; interdisciplinary care model