Collaborative intervention

Collaborative Intervention An intervention is performed by multiple members of the healthcare team, such as the respiratory therapist, the healthcare provider, and the nurse. 

The types of interventions used to treat a patient are nurse-initiated intervention, healthcare provider intervention, and collaborative intervention. 

A collaborative intervention is an activity performed among multiple healthcare professionals, such as physical therapy for the patient. 

Dependent, Independent, and Collaborative Interventions. Nurses practice dependent, independent, and collaborative interventions based on the setting, institutional policies, and the laws of their state. 

Our investigation, within Terrance s (2000) classification of action research, was collaborative action research. The LON project team existed from three groups of partners Seven teachers from primary schools, six of whom conducted interventions in their schools the adviser for chemistry from the National Board of Education for Slovenia and three chemical education researchers from the Department of Chemical Education and Informatics, University of Ljubljana. 

The collaboration of two research groups on this drinking water project was brought about through the intervention of Cornell s Center for Environmental Research. The Initial seed money provided helped to lay the groundwork for the more ambitious project now being supported by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Major research objectives of the project Included ... 

ELVES has been developed as an expert system, by James Holton and Tom Alber, to go from data collection frames to structure without human intervention and will obviate the need for intermediate space-group determination described above. Very recently, 12 different European sites have been collaborating to develop a software package known as DNA (automateD collectioN of datA) for the automatic collection and indexing of macromolecular diffraction data. Further information is available at the web site www.dna.ac.uk. 

Cochrane Reviews are systematic assessments of evidence of the effects of healthcare interventions, intended to help people to make informed decisions about health care, their own or someone else s. Cochrane Reviews are needed to help ensure that healthcare decisions throughout the world can be informed by high quality, timely research evidence. This is described in Systematic reviews and The Cochrane Collaboration (www.cochrane. org/docs/whycc.htm). Cochrane Reviews are published in full in The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, one of several databases in The Cochrane Library (www.thecochranelibrary.com). 

Whelton PK, Appel LJ, Espeland MA, Applegate WB, Ettinger WH Jr., Kostis JB et al. Sodium reduction and weight loss in the treatment of hypertension in older persons a randomized controlled trial of nonpharmacologic interventions in the elderly (TONE). TONE Collaborative Research Group. JAMA 1998 279(ll) 839-46. 

The Cochrane Collaboration reviewed interventions for delirium in patients with chronic cognitive impairment and concluded Delirium, though a frequent problem in the hospitalised elderly patient, is still managed empirically and there is no conclusive evidence in the literature to change practice at this time . 

A third principle of this chapter is that the assessment process in child psychiatry has unique challenges, including the use and consideration of multiple informants and the developmental level of the child. These challenges lead to the fourth principle, which is that successful treatment requires education and collaboration with the family and others involved with the child. Treatment of developmental neurobiology affects the environment that surrounds the child, and treatment of the surrounding environment in turn affects developmental neurobiology. This interaction implies that early and effective intervention can alter the developmental trajectory of a child with a mental disorder. 

Product development public-private partnerships (p-PPPs) are collaborative organizations between non-profit and for-profit organizations. They are institutionalized with public intervention and/or funding because markets are perceived as unable to adequately connect relevant resources and capabilities between science and industry in basic research. Clearly, diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis, and others that are even less well known are rampant in developing countries but are far less of a threat in most developed countries (Wheeler and Berkley 2001 Kaplan and Laing 2004). There is, therefore, little or no economic incentive to develop pharmaceutical products for these diseases (Biel 2001 Milne, Kaitin, and Ronchi 2004 Kaplan and Laing 2004). The industry s lack of enthusiasm is also a result of distribution challenges in countries with poor infrastructures and lack of awareness about these diseases in more developed countries, liability considerations, inadequate science base, and underestimation of the disease burden. Product PPPs have been developed to address... 

Biomarkers have a key role, in both clinical practice and research, in the monitoring and evaluation of outcomes of interventions, both at individual and at population level. The fundamental need for interdisciplinary collaboration, in order to develop, qualify and properly utilise biomarkers, is widely recognised. Cancer and neurodegenerative diseases are cases in point. 

Treatment of OCD naturally lends itself to collaboration because it is dual-focused, utilizing both psychotherapy and medication. For the receptive patient, the combination can be quite effective in symptom reduction and/or alleviation. Psychotherapeutic intervention incorporates two fundamental elements designed to elicit anxiety and then cope with it exposure and response prevention. However, it is important to note that between 20 and 25% of patients with OCD will flatly refuse... 

As most therapists know, a single intervention is only part of the therapeutic process. In the case of starting medication it is equally, if not more, important to understand how to talk with your patients about medication, how to engage and collaborate with the medical professionals who prescribe your patients medication, and how to support your patients and their family members after your patient has started medication. We review these process issues in the following chapters. 

Boundary clarification is a requirement to successful collaboration (McDaniel et al., 1992), particularly when multiple mental health providers participate in one case. Regardless of the degree one has earned, patients and family members may refer to all health care professionals as doctor and have skewed expectations about who is responsible for what. For example, patients commonly discuss medication with their nonprescribing therapist and occasionally solicit advice on how much medication to take, when to take it, and whether to discontinue its use. Similarly, patients report the progress of a therapy intervention with their psychiatrist or family physician. 

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