Medical Screening Case Study

The focus of the primary care physician is to focus on the overall health and ensuring the patient receives the necessary medical screenings, risk assessments, provide preventative care, teach healthy lifestyle choices, provide referrals to medical specialist, and evaluate the urgency of medical problems. In the Cortez case, the physician is responsible for Paula’s medical screening and assessment, and provides a referral to a psychiatrist to address Paula’s mental health, since she has a psychiatric diagnosis and are having difficulties with adhering to her medication. Paula needs referral to a gynecologist to ensure she and the fetus are healthy and not threatened by the medications she is prescribed. The gynecologist will also provide

Financial resources are essential in providing the necessary care needed for her prenatal, mental health care. Care coordination will ensure the needs and preferences of the patient are understood and shared with the interdisciplinary team (Mitchell et al., 2012). Counseling is also essential to assist Paula in understanding and coping with her health

According to Mitchell et al., (2012), team members accomplish their roles and responsibilities with discipline, even when it is undesirable. Team members are always seeking and sharing new information to advance team functioning. Discipline allows teams to acquire and maintain the standards and protocol as they improve. Humility is also a value that team members recognize the difference in training; however, they do not recognize that training or perspectives of one is more superior to another. Team members acknowledge the fact that mistakes are inevitable; therefore, team members depend on one another to recognize and prevent failure (Mitchell et al., p. 3). Successful and effective team-based healthcare is the adoption of clear communication of shared goals for the patient and the team’s work in providing care. The shared goals include providing appropriate time, space, and support for comprehensive exchange of information among team members. Facilitating establishment and maintenance of a written plan of care that is accessible by all team members, and supporting the teams’ capacity to monitor the progress toward the shared goals of the patient, family, and team (Mitchell et al., p.