Following the hierarchical lines of authority does not work well because problems in the modern world are multi dimensional and call for a multi disciplinary interventions.
Management of mangroves in a sustainable ecological as well as economic way is a difficult proposition and needs multi-disciplinary intervention.
In the ARCHUS trial, the aim was to select and target high-use facilities in order to provide a multi-disciplinary intervention comprising staff education, clinical supports, and medical and pharmacologic reviews of residents.
This multi-disciplinary intervention based on cognitive behavioural principles aimed at educating chronic pain patients on the physiology and psychology of chronic pain, healthy functioning, and the self-management of their pain problem.
At the time of this study, the neck and back clinic at St . Olavs hospital used a comprehensive multi-disciplinary intervention based on the model described by Brox et al. [ 34], whereas the neck and back clinic at Oslo University Hospital used a brief model based on the model by Indahl et al. [ 35].
New procedures to optimize perioperative procedures, in this study defined as procedures taking place in the period from hospitalization to discharge, have been given several different names, such as accelerated intervention, joint recovery program, multi-disciplinary intervention, multi-modal intervention, fast-track, and clinical pathway.
The multi-disciplinary intervention team includes individuals from the South African Medical Research Council's Chronic Diseases of Lifestyle Unit, the University of Cape Town/Medical Research Council Research Unit for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, and the South African Human Sciences Research Council.
This is especially important in severe multiple-trauma patients for whom surgical teams often change during several multi-disciplinary interventions.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programmes are multi-disciplinary interventions individually tailored to optimise each patient's physical and social performance.
Multifactorial, multi-disciplinary interventions and those involving exercise, medication review and increasing staff awareness appear to reduce the risk of falls but evidence is mixed and study quality varied.
