A care team is a group of professionals working in a defined unit [28 (link)], who interact in the context of the broader functional system. The unit is defined by the specialty of care delivered by the healthcare professionals who make up the team.
The specialties targeted by the IMPACTT project relate to medicine or surgery (excluding intensive care [31 ]. Care teams are composed of six categories of professions: administrative, logistical and technical, medical, medico-technical and psychosocial, paramedical, and management. Whether the establishment is private or public, these professionals are either employees (physicians, nurses, secretaries, physiotherapists, etc.) or self-employed (mostly physicians).
Professionals were considered to be external to the investigated team either: (i) when they only visited the unit in question because they usually worked in another unit in the establishment (porters, radiologists, etc.); or (ii) when they worked in the unit in question, but the services they provided (notably accommodation and catering) were the responsibility of a private company [28 (link)].
The specialties targeted by the IMPACTT project relate to medicine or surgery (excluding intensive care [31 ]. Care teams are composed of six categories of professions: administrative, logistical and technical, medical, medico-technical and psychosocial, paramedical, and management. Whether the establishment is private or public, these professionals are either employees (physicians, nurses, secretaries, physiotherapists, etc.) or self-employed (mostly physicians).
Professionals were considered to be external to the investigated team either: (i) when they only visited the unit in question because they usually worked in another unit in the establishment (porters, radiologists, etc.); or (ii) when they worked in the unit in question, but the services they provided (notably accommodation and catering) were the responsibility of a private company [28 (link)].
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