What is Multidisciplinary Treatment? Multidisciplinary treatment, or interdisciplinary treatment as it is now being called, is a fairly new method of addressing problems that are best addressed by a variety of professionals. These problems include chronic pain and other chronic conditions, rehabilitation after serious injuries such as brain injuries, or situations where people need support from a variety of professionals during extended treatment or recovery from surgery. The primary difference between multi- or interdisciplinary treatment and simply consulting a variety of professionals is that all the professionals work together as a coordinated unit to assist the patient or client more effectively. The drawback to many programs is that this type of treatment can be quite expensive. In cases where inter- or multidisciplinary treatment is better than a collection of professionals operating independently, such as chronic pain, results can be obtained more quickly and more effectively than with other approaches. Chronic pain is an example of a problem that can be best approached through a multidisciplinary team. These types of teams are able to help patients manage their conditions by first clarifying the medical condition, then clarly explaining the condition to the patient, and then educating the patient in ways to manage and improve their condition over time. This is preferable to the patient being passed from one professional to another without ever getting a clear idea of what their condition is and what can be done about it. Many of these patients may be under the impression that the physicians they have consulted have little or no information to give them, which is usually not the case. The physicians they have dealt with perhaps have not been able to explain the particular reason why the condition is persisting, but they can answer some of the important questions patients have, if the client know the right questions to ask. In an interdisciplinary team environment, the team can deal with the patient over a period of time and can listen to the patient's particular concerns and help the person to ask the right questions and understand the answers that they are given. Many people attend interdisciplinary programs as part of a rehabilitation plan sponsored and paid for by an insurance company of some sort. This can be motor vehicle insurance, Workers' Compensation, or private disability insurance. In rare cases, funds may be held in trust for use in multidisciplinary treatment. You can find a multidisciplinary treatment program quickly by looking under occupational rehabilitation programs or pain programs in your province and city on the zappointments.com online scheduling service, but be sure to look at the "info about" link to see what the staff says about the program on their website, as well as looking at the "number booked" link to see what types of referrals they have had in the past. Programs which have had a large number of referrals through lawyers, insurance, police, military, or government agencies are probably doing a good job for these referring agencies, although these referrals may be for particular problems or difficult cases. Finally, you can contact the program by telephone or secure messaging system on zappointments.com. You can register for free on the website and them use the secure messaging system. If you do not register, program staff will not be able to reply using the system. Do not use email, as it is not secure and the staff will not be able to reply using email without violating confidentiality rules. Clients and Third Parties: Please feel free to contact zappointments.com to inquire about Rehabilitation programs Occupational Therapy Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Counselling Physiotherapy Chiropractic Treatment Naturopathic treatment Medicolegal (IME) assessments Psychovocational assessments Psychologist appointments

Marketing your program Are you looking for new ways of marketing your multidisciplinary program? Family physicians are the first and best source of referrals for many inter- or multidisciplinay programs. Likewise, other professionals can be sources of clients. Psychologists, physiotherapists, acupuncturists, dentists, and lawyers can all be sources of referrals. Leave a stack of business cards or brochures with these people. They will likely pass these along to people asking about your multidisciplinary services. Your business card or brochure should indicate very clearly the areas of expertise and ways to contact you. Telephone is the simplest way for people to contact you. You should definitely discourage people from using email, as this is not secure and you could be violating ethical principles by using this method. Many program managers are not aware that email is not private, and should probably be left off your business cards so that you do not violate ethical standards. Internet chat has similar problems. You can use a secure messaging service such as that available through the zappointments.com online scheduling service. Also, the zappointments.com online scheduling system allows clients and third party payors such as insurance case managers and lawyers to schedule appointments with you immediately, which can make the difference between getting the referral and having the client delay and possibly forget about your services. You probably haven't thought about using the Internet to market your services, but since you are looking at this site, you are certainly aware of the power and reach of this medium. Getting a website is an inexpensive way to market your services. If you are a zappointments.com subscriber, you can build a simple web page in minutes for free on the system. No matter where you get your website, it should contain all of the important contact information that you have on your brochures and business cards. Leave your email address off the website, though, otherwise you will be encouraging people to communicate using an insecure channel. Also, spammers can gather your email address and start to send you loads of unwanted email, making it difficult to get to your important messages.

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