Improving Patient Experience Through Interprofessional Healthcare Delivery: Evidence from a Systematic Review
VOLUME 21, 2024
The Role of Targeted Infra-popliteal Endovascular Angioplasty to Treat Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Angiosome Model: A Systematic Review
VOLUME 6, 2023
Layla Ahmad Alnigie, Wesayf Abdullah Alqathami, Huda Suwaylih Alnefaie, Ahmed Hussain Mesfer Alalhareth, Mohammed Hamad Naqtan Albahri
Hamad Yahya Mohsen Alshenief, Abdulaziz Mahmoud Binshihon, Salma Mohammed Ahmed Al-Ahmari, Ibrahim Mohammed Asiri, Mead Abdullah Albogami
Abstract
Patient experience is widely recognized as a key indicator of healthcare quality and effectiveness. In recent years, healthcare systems have increasingly emphasized the importance of interprofessional healthcare delivery, where professionals from multiple disciplines collaborate to provide coordinated and patient-centered care. This systematic review aims to examine the role of interprofessional healthcare teams in improving patient experience and satisfaction across healthcare settings. A comprehensive search of major databases, including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and CINAHL, was conducted to identify relevant studies published between 2016 and 2025. Studies focusing on collaborative healthcare practices and their impact on patient satisfaction, communication, care coordination, and treatment outcomes were included. The findings indicate that interprofessional collaboration significantly enhances patient experience by improving communication among healthcare providers, reducing care fragmentation, and promoting coordinated decision-making. Overall, team-based healthcare delivery contributes to better patient satisfaction, improved safety outcomes, and more effective healthcare services.
Keywords :
Interprofessional collaboration; patient experience; patient satisfaction; multidisciplinary healthcare teams; healthcare quality; patient-centered care; healthcare outcomes..
Erin Saricilar
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Lecture in accounting. University of Basrah, College of Administration and Economics, Department of Accounting.
Abstract
Atherosclerotic disease significantly impacts patients with type 2 diabetes, who often present with recalcitrant peripheral ulcers. The angiosome model of the foot presents an opportunity to perform direct angiosome-targeted endovascular interventions to maximise both wound healing and limb salvage. A systematic review was performed, with 17 studies included in the final review. Below-the-knee endovascular interventions present significant technical challenges, with technical success depending on the length of lesion being treated and the number of angiosomes that require treatment. Wound healing was significantly improved with direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty, as was limb salvage, with a significant increase in survival without major amputation. Indirect angioplasty, where the intervention is applied to collateral vessels to the angiosomes, yielded similar results to direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty. Applying the angiosome model of the foot in direct angiosome-targeted angioplasty improves outcomes for patients with recalcitrant diabetic foot ulcers in terms of primary wound healing, mean time for complete wound healing and major amputation-free survival.
Keywords :
Diabetic foot ulcer, angiosome, angioplasty