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The ongoing health care delivery transformation has led to the rapid emergence of care models (Healthcare Assignment). These models seek to improve patient satisfaction and enhance the quality of life by engaging various healthcare providers in different roles across the continuum of care. Examples of these models include the hospital at home model and the perioperative surgical home (PSH) model. The hospital at home model provides hospital-level care at the patient’s home, while the PSH model provides patient-centered care based on shared decision-making between practitioners and patients. The PSH model is team-based and is tied to delivering quality patient care at reduced costs (Chimento and Thomas, 2017). Wellstar Health in Georgia is one of the healthcare organizations that have incorporated innovative models of care into their health care delivery system. The organization uses the perioperative surgical home model to provide the best patient care practices.
The perioperative surgical home model has a positive impact on interprofessional collaboration. The model is based on the involvement of practitioners with varying levels of educations and occupational training, such as surgeons, surgical tech, nurses, anesthesiologists, and medical device company representatives. The practitioners work together to provide quality care and increase patient satisfaction. Working together fosters transparency and forces them to align their goals towards achieving a common goal, thus promoting interprofessional collaboration (Desebbe et al., 2016). Interprofessional collaboration is essential as it improves patient care and outcomes. Besides, it reduces medication and medical errors from failed communication between professionals caring for the same patient. Interprofessional collaboration lowers healthcare costs. Reducing medication errors and enhancing better patient outcomes reduces readmissions, which lowers healthcare costs. Ultimately, interprofessional collaboration levels the playing field and acknowledges every practitioner’s effort, thus improving staff relationships and enhancing job satisfaction.
Wellstar healthcare providers collaborate with various professionals such as technology experts, experienced designers, and strategic managers to improve the quality and access to affordable healthcare. One example of how Wellstar is collaborating with other professionals to enhance quality care is using advanced technology and innovation to reduce medical errors. Technology is vital as it helps healthcare professionals to share and analyze the patient’s health information for effective care. Wellstar healthcare system has invested mainly in technology advancement and safety training of their members to handle highly technical medical equipment to reduce injuries. Besides, the healthcare system incorporates electronic health records, medication barcoding, and electronic order entry into healthcare delivery to avoid errors and streamline processes (Safety first, 2020). Additionally, technology enables telemedicine services, whereby patients can communicate with their physicians via phone, email, or video call.
The perioperative surgical home model contributes significantly to the delivery of cost-effective health care. Varied care plans undertaken by different practitioners expose patients to an increased chance of medical errors and unnecessary care, which increases healthcare costs. However, the PSH care delivery model limits these errors by ensuring the collaboration of different practitioners from the start, beginning from when the decision for surgery is made until the patient is discharged. The model is patient-centered. The perioperative team and the patient work together to select the best tests, treatments, and care plans while considering the patient’s values and preferences (Légaré et al., 2018). Shared decision-making among the practitioners prevents mistakes that may arise from a disagreement regarding the patient’s best care plan. This leads to decreased healthcare costs due to reduced medical errors and readmission rates, leading to cost-effective health care.
References
Chimento, G. F., & Thomas, L. C. (2017). The perioperative surgical home: improving the value and quality of care in total joint replacement. Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine, 10(3), 365-369.
Desebbe, O., Lanz, T., Kain, Z., & Cannesson, M. (2016). The perioperative surgical home: an innovative, patient-centred and cost-effective perioperative care model. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 35(1), 59-66.
Légaré, F., Adekpedjou, R., Stacey, D., Turcotte, S., Kryworuchko, J., Graham, I. D., … & Donner‐Banzhoff, N. (2018). Interventions for increasing the use of shared decision making by healthcare professionals. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (7).
Safety first. (2020). Wellstar Health System. https://www.wellstar.org/about-us/safety-and-quality/pages/safety-first.aspx
