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Filter by:Coordination and integration between care settings is essential for the quality of care of frail older patients. An active follow-up by a case manager (CM) after discharge form an acute geriatric hospital ward has the potential to bridge the gap between hospital, primary and municipality care for frail older people. This study evaluates the effects of an active follow-up by a CM in primary care after discharge from a geriatric ward, with the following research questions: Can an active follow-up by CM for frail older people discharged from an acute geriatric ward, compared to those not receiving active follow up, Maintain/increase independence in activities of daily living, self-rated health and life satisfaction? Increase satisfaction with health care? Reduce health care consumption/be cost-effective? How feasible is the intervention and the study design from the perspective of the caregivers and the older person? This is a clinical controlled study with a process evaluation. Inclusion criteria are 75 years or older, frail and admitted to a geriatric ward. This study is relevant since today's highly specialized acute care is poorly adapted to the comprehensive needs of frail older people, and exposes them to avoidable risks such as loss of functional capacities causing unnecessary care needs and decreased wellbeing. Active follow-up by a CM after discharge may be an important way to integrate the care for frail older people, after receiving in-hospital geriatric care. This can improve the quality of care for this vulnerable group, and direct the right health care actions towards those in most need. The intervention is a active follow-up after discharge by a CM (nurse) in primary care. CM will secure that discharge and care plans are executed and to address new needs. If there are unmet needs, the CM will ensure that adequate actions are performed to meet the needs. The intervention group consists of participants discharged to a primary health care centre with a CM, who actively follows-up after discharge. The control group consists of participants discharged to a primary health care centre without CM, and thereby no active follow-up after discharge. All participants will be followed-up by the research team during one year, concerning dependence in activities of daily living, self-rated health, health care consumption and satisfaction with care.
In order to prepare for the ageing population and its impact on the health care system, the National Institute for Sickness and Disability Insurance in Belgium (RIZIV) launched in 2010 a subsidy programme (called Protocol 3) for innovative projects aimed at care and support for vulnerable older people with complex care needs. The objective of these projects is to reduce the risk and need for admission to a care institution/residential care centre. These are alternative and supportive forms of care for the elderly for which there is currently no allowance, which enable vulnerable older people to be cared for at home, which have a positive influence on the evolution of the older person's state of health and which improve the quality of life, which do not entail higher costs than those of a classic admission and which are scientifically evaluated. These Protocol 3 projects focus on vulnerable elderly people who are not admitted to a residential care centre, but who are at risk of a complex and/or long-term care situation. As a result of the complex care situation, there is also a great need for coordinated care between different care providers and/or there will also be supportive forms of care that ensure continuity of care. The expected added value of the care innovation projects should focus on: the importance of consultation and cooperation between the various stakeholders, the means to improve the competences of all relevant stakeholders, the means to organise customised care and the means to achieve continuity of care for the patient. The objective of the current study is to evaluate the phase 2 interventions, in particular: the adapted interventions case management and occupational therapy; and the newly introduced interventions in phase 3: health education, educational sessions for informal care providers and control visits at night.
Integrated care models aim to promote the coordination and communication between services. The present study aim to evaluate the effectiveness of a new integrated care model (Salut+Social model) which will promote the coordination and communication between social and healthcare services in southern Catalonia (Spain) for the improvement of quality of life of chronic patients, adherence to treatment, access to medical services and caregiver overload. Also, we will evaluate the experience of health and social professionals with the new model implemented.
Background/Aims: Large scale adoption of integrated care for chronic patients constitutes a key milestone to accelerate adaptation of current healthcare systems to the evolving needs triggered by population ageing and high prevalence of chronic conditions. Lessons learnt from deployment experiences are being disseminated as "good practices". But, there is need for further assessment of implementation strategies in real world scenarios. Moreover, progresses achieved in disease-oriented integrated care cannot be automatically transferred to management of complex chronic patients (CCP). The protocol addresses five aims: 1) implementation of two integrated care interventions using a collaborative and adaptive case management (ACM) approach (i) Community-based management of CCP; and, ii) Integrated care for patients under long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT)); 2) adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) required to support collaborative ACM; 3) to evaluate the impact of enhanced clinical health risk assessment and stratification; 5) to generate a roadmap for regional adoption of the CCP program. Methods/Design: the CCP program will be deployed in three healthcare sector of Barcelona-Esquerra (AISBE) (520 k citizens) and in two other areas of Catalonia: Badalona Serveis Assistencials (BSA) (420 k citizens) and Lleida (366 k citizens) following Plan-Do-Study-Act iterative cycles, using the Model for Assessment of Telemedicine for evaluation purposes. The study also addresses the steps for scale-up of integrated care in the entire Catalan region (7.5 M citizens). Observational studies with matched controls have been planned for both Community-based management of CCP (n=3.000) and for Integrated care for patients under LTOT (n=500). Moreover, clustered randomized controlled trials (RCT) are planned on top of the observational studies to test specific questions (i.e. performance of the ICT platform providing ACM functionalities). Main components of CCP program are: a) patient stratification; b) comprehensive assessment strategies; c) ICT supported adaptive Case management; d) Roadmap for regional adoption. Hypothesis: the CCP program will generate guidelines for large scale deployment of the CCP program, including transferability analysis, facilitating adoption of integrated care services for management of multi-morbidity.
Background/Aims There is evidence indicating that deployment of forced spirometry (FS) testing in a collaborative scenario, encompassing respiratory specialists and community professionals, generates healthcare efficiencies. The study describes the roadmap for regional implementation of the FS program in Catalonia (ES), from January to December 2016. Methods/Design Firstly, the FS program will be deployed in three healthcare sectors (514 k inhabitants), following Plan-Do-Study-Act iterative cycles, using the Model for Assessment of Telemedicine for evaluation purposes. Thereafter, regional deployment of the FS program (7.5M inhabitants) will be conducted. The third step considers: evaluation of transferability, preparation for data analytics and recommendations for long-term assessment of outcomes. Main components of the FS program are: i) Automatic quality testing; ii) Standardized data transfer to a shared electronic health record; iii) Elaboration of individual FS reports including historical results; and, iv) Clinical decision support systems providing access to the FS report, and to remote support upon request. Discussion/Conclusions The project constitutes the first attempt to scale-up a collaborative scenario for FS testing that will open new avenues for longitudinal lung function assessment. Moreover, the setting shows high potential for transferability to different sites and to other diagnostic procedures.