Health Networks and Multidisciplinarity: Working as a Team
Coordinated practice improves the quality of care and enriches practice. Discover how to integrate health networks and collaborate effectively with other professionals.
Patient care becomes more effective when it is part of a multidisciplinary dynamic. Speech therapists, doctors, psychologists, teachers: each professional brings their perspective and specific skills. Working in a network also breaks the isolation of private practice and significantly enriches daily practice.
🎯 Challenges of Multidisciplinarity
The complexity of clinical situations encountered in speech therapy often exceeds the expertise of a single professional. Learning disabilities, neurological pathologies, disabilities: these interventions require coordination among different stakeholders to be fully effective.
Global Vision
Cross perspectives for a complete understanding of the patient and their needs
Coherence
Harmonize interventions to avoid contradictions and optimize effects
Effectiveness
Multiply the impact of care through the complementarity of approaches
🏥 Structures for Coordinated Practice
🏠 Multidisciplinary Health House (MSP)
Grouping of health professionals in the same location with a common health project. Sharing of premises, coordination of care, collective prevention actions. Ideal framework for daily multidisciplinary practice.
🌐 CPTS - Territorial Professional Health Community
Coordination at the level of a territory without physical grouping. Professionals keeping their practices but working together on care pathways, common protocols, territorial actions.
🏢 Health Center
Structure with salaried professionals. Centralized administrative management. Common in urban areas and for certain specialties. Less common for speech therapy but developing.
🩺 Thematic health networks
Networks specialized by pathology: learning disabilities network, Parkinson's network, stroke network, etc. Coordination around specific patient pathways.
👥 Partners of the Speech Therapist
👨⚕️ Doctors
General practitioner: Prescriber, general coordination of the care pathway. Specialists: ENT, neurologist, pediatrician, child neurologist, geriatrician, psychiatrist depending on the pathologies. Exchanges on diagnosis, evolution, orientations.
🧠 Psychologists and Neuropsychologists
Complementarity on cognitive assessment, psychological support, associated disorders. Sharing clinical observations, coordinating assessments, mutual insights on profiles.
🏃 Psychomotor therapists and Occupational Therapists
Complementary work on motor, sensory aspects, writing gestures, adapting the environment. Common in dys disorders and disabilities.
👩🏫 Teachers and Educational Teams
Essential partners for children. Exchange on difficulties in class, implementation of adjustments, monitoring of academic progress. Participation in ESS.
👩⚕️ Other paramedicals
Physiotherapists (swallowing, breathing), nurses (care, monitoring), dietitians (nutrition, textures). Essential coordination in complex care situations.
💬 Interprofessional Communication
✅ Good Communication Practices
- Clear reports: Concise, understandable by non-specialists
- Adapted language: Avoid incomprehensible speech therapy jargon
- Targeted transmission: Relevant information for the recipient
- Responsiveness: Respond to requests in a timely manner
- Proactivity: Spontaneously alert on important elements
- Shared confidentiality: Respect privacy, share only what is necessary
💡 The Effective Report
A good interprofessional report gets to the point: reason for care, main difficulties observed, areas of work, evolution, recommendations. Avoid exhaustive technical descriptions and prioritize actionable information for your interlocutor.
📅 Meetings and Staff
Synthesis Meetings
Multidisciplinary assessment around a patient, sharing observations, defining common goals
ESS - Schooling Follow-Up Team
Annual meeting for students with PPS, coordination school-care-family
Institutional Staff
Regular meetings in institutions (hospital, nursing home, IME) for care coordination
⚠️ Valuing Coordination Time
The time spent on meetings and coordination is not wasted time. It improves the quality of care and the overall effectiveness of the intervention. Some structures (MSP, CPTS) provide specific compensation for this coordination time. Inquire about the possibilities for valorization.
🎯 Shared Tools for the Team
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- Shared medical record (DMP): Access to summary documents from different professionals
- Secure health messaging: MSSanté, Mailiz for confidential exchanges
- Coordination platforms: Tools specific to MSP and CPTS
- Communication notebook: Paper or digital format for regular exchanges
- Calls and video conferences: For quick exchanges and remote meetings
🚀 Integrating a Network
How to join a coordinated structure?
- Identify MSPs, CPTS, and networks in your area
- Contact coordinators to learn about membership modalities
- Participate in information and presentation meetings
- Commit to the health project and the commitments of the structure
- Gradually get involved in collective actions
Creating Your Own Collaborations
Even without a formal structure, you can develop your network of partners: identify professionals in your field, introduce yourself, propose regular exchanges, facilitate mutual referrals.
✨ Benefits for the Practitioner
Enrichment
Learning from other professionals, broadening knowledge
Support
Sharing difficult situations, exchanging practices, less isolation
Development
Increased visibility, facilitated referrals, integration into care pathways
🎯 Conclusion
Networking and multidisciplinarity are no longer options but necessities for quality care. Coordinated practice structures are developing across the territory, offering opportunities for integration and collaboration.
Beyond improving care for patients, teamwork enriches professional practice, breaks isolation, and opens new perspectives. Investing in your network of partners is investing in the quality of your practice.
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