Concurrent Care
Standard
The physiotherapist collaborates with health-care providers, and others to provide safe, effective, quality, and concurrent care, when indicated by the client’s health-care needs and preferences.
Expected outcome
Clients can expect that the physiotherapist collaborates effectively with others to promote integrated client-centred care.
Performance expectations
The physiotherapist:
- Inquires about situations where clients may be receiving or considering concurrent treatment from another health-care provider for the same or a related condition.
- Consults with/refers to the appropriate health-care provider when the client’s interests and aspects of clients’ goals are best addressed by another provider.
- Clearly explains funding implications of concurrent treatment to the client.
- Only participates in concurrent treatment of the same or a related condition when approaches are complementary, clinically indicated, of benefit to clients, and an appropriate use of human/financial resources.
- Identifies, documents, communicates, and manages risks of concurrent treatment of the same or related condition, discontinuing concurrent services and documenting when:
- Approaches conflict
- There is inefficient use of resources
- The risks outweigh the benefits to clients
- Communicates the decision to decline or discontinue concurrent treatment to the client providing their rationale for the decision and documents this discussion.