What is an interdisciplinary team?

Univ. of Nev. School of Medicine, Family Medicine

An interdisciplinary team is a group of healthcare providers from different fields who work together or toward the same goal to provide the best care or best outcome for a patient or group of patients. Some examples of specialties that can make up an interdisciplinary team include:

pharmacist
nurse
case manager
social worker
respiratory technician
doctor (from all fields, for example, cardiologist, internist, family medicine, anesthesiologist, etc.)

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