Virtual multidisciplinary team meetings for the older population.

COV.43: Virtual multidisciplinary team meetings for the older population.
NIHR ARC West 13 May 2020

• The COVID-19 pandemic means that multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss patient care are unable to take place face-to-face. This review explored the use of virtual MDTs as an alternative. 
• A review of available evidence finds that virtual multidisciplinary team (vMDT) meetings might be an integral component for elderly population care. vMDTs have potential benefits, emphasising the possibility of bringing professionals from different backgrounds to work together and provide more integrated, efficient, accessible, and higher quality care overcoming geographical and timing barriers. vMDTs usually have some disadvantages or barriers for their implementation, emphasising the need of a proper infrastructure and good, designated co-ordination.

Impact of multidisciplinary team huddles on patient safety: a systematic review and proposed taxonomy

Impact of multidisciplinary team huddles on patient safety: a systematic review and proposed taxonomy
BMJ Quality & Safety 07 April 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009911

• A systematic review of peer-reviewed literature related to scheduled, multidisciplinary, hospital-based safety huddles (n=24) found anecdotal accounts of successful huddle programmes and while the evidence appears favourable overall there is little high quality evidence. The reviewers propose a taxonomy and standardised reporting measures for future huddle-related studies.