School of Interprofessional Health, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
J Interprof Care. 2021 Nov-Dec;35(6):971-974. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2021.1889486. Epub 2021 May 6.
This paper shares a report of how one New Zealand District Health Board (DHB) employed interprofessional health project teams to deliver system-wide health improvements and solve its immediate demand for additional hospital beds. CM Health provides health and disability services to approximately 512,000 people in its district. With increasing patient demand and no opportunity to increase capacity, CM Health needed a fast solution for its bed shortage. The Health Board set a goal to reduce the pressure on Middlemore Hospital by giving back to the community 20,000 well and healthy days over two years. The interprofessional health project teams identified best practices through 11 key workstreams. Over the two year period, an estimated 23,060 bed days (the difference between actual bed day usage and the predicted growth) were saved. This case demonstrates how interprofessional health teams can help Health Boards solve complex challenges and achieve sustainable change across their organizations.
本文报告了新西兰一个地区卫生局（DHB）如何利用跨专业医疗项目团队来实现全系统的健康改善，并解决其对额外医院床位的迫切需求。CM 健康中心为其所在地区的大约 512,000 人提供医疗和残疾服务。随着患者需求的增加和增加容量的机会有限，CM 健康中心需要一个快速的解决方案来解决床位短缺的问题。该卫生局设定了一个目标，即通过在两年内为社区提供 20,000 个健康日，来减轻米德尔莫尔医院的压力。跨专业医疗项目团队通过 11 个关键工作流确定了最佳实践。在两年期间，估计节省了 23,060 个床位日（实际床位日使用量与预测增长量之间的差值）。这个案例表明，跨专业医疗团队如何帮助卫生局解决复杂的挑战，并在整个组织中实现可持续的变革。
