Brooks Peter M
Faculty in Health Services, University of Queensland, Edith Cavell Building, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston.
Med J Aust. 2003 Sep 1;179(5):260-2. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05534.x.
Healthcare workforce shortfalls require a rethinking of models for delivering care to people with chronic disease. Chronic disease needs to be managed by a multiskilled team of healthcare professionals with specialist input. Education at undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels needs to prepare healthcare professionals for this new paradigm. Some tasks currently seen only as part of a doctor's purview could be performed by other trained professionals to allow doctors to concentrate on more appropriate activities. We need to explore new collaborations to deliver multidisciplinary healthcare for chronic disease and evaluate these for patient outcomes and cost effectiveness.
医疗劳动力短缺需要重新思考为慢性病患者提供护理的模式。慢性病需要由具备多种技能的医疗专业人员团队进行管理，并辅以专家指导。本科、研究生和博士后阶段的教育需要让医疗专业人员为这种新范式做好准备。目前一些仅被视为医生职责范围内的任务可由其他经过培训的专业人员执行，以使医生能够专注于更合适的活动。我们需要探索新的合作方式来提供针对慢性病的多学科医疗服务，并评估这些服务对患者预后和成本效益的影响。
