Partnership in Health Care
The term ‘partnership’ is also used in
health care to represent interprofessional care and multi-disciplinary team
approach. A partnership is a relationship or
association between two or more people or organisations to achieve a specific
goal. Mutual understanding, trust, equality and obligations are the main
elements of effective partnerships in health care.
McWilliam et al (2003) argue that partnership in health care may transpire at
personal and organisational levels. McWilliam and colleagues further suggest
that partnership approach that empowers and optimises human resources is one of
the potential solutions to meet service users expectation in health care with
limited resources. Carefully selected and sound strategies for partnership
between health care organisations empower health care professionals to offer
the best possible health services to service users.
Partnerships can be formal or informal.
Partnership at personal level may occur between health care professionals and
service users, and between and amongst health care professionals for achieving
the shared goal and desired optimal outcomes. At organisational level,
partnership may occur across departments in an organisation or between various
health care organisations. Partnerships are formed to work together and to
achieve specific goals. All partners in health care delivery system need to
communicate, co-ordinate and co-operate in order to achieve common goals of
partnership. These three approaches are common in interprofessional care,
teamwork and collaborative practices. Therefore, the term partnership is somehow
related to interprofessional care, teamwork and collaborative practices.
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