The Malaysian Healthcare Students Alliance (MHSA) warns that professional hierarchies and poor communication among health care workers can compromise patient safety. The alliance calls for stronger collaboration across disciplines to improve patient care.
Key takeaways
MHSA highlights that professional hierarchies and poor communication threaten patient safety, urging stronger interprofessional collaboration across medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and other health workers in Malaysia.
- MHSA calls on the Ministry of Health to enhance interprofessional collaboration across public and private sectors.
- Clinical pharmacists join ward rounds to monitor therapy and support medication decisions.
- MOH runs multidisciplinary services like Home Medication Review and Pharmacy Integrated Community Care involving multiple professionals and community representatives.
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In today’s increasingly complex health care landscape, interprofessional collaboration (IPC), whereby health care professionals from different disciplines work together to deliver coordinated and patient-centred care, is essential to patient safety and quality of care.
Recognising the complementary roles of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and the wider health care workforce, the Malaysian health care Students Alliance (MHSA), an alliance representing medical, dental, and pharmacy students, calls upon the Ministry of Health (MOH) and relevant stakeholders to strengthen IPC across Malaysia’s health care settings.
Overview Of Malaysia’s Health Care System In Interprofessional Involvement
Malaysia’s health care system, comprising both public and private sectors, has integrated different health care professions across various levels of care.
