Implementing care-related services in care units - an interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing concern about a dwindling healthcare workforce, exacerbated by demographic changes, calls for innovative solutions. One viable approach involves implementing new professional roles and restructuring existing healthcare teams within hospital care units.

Objectives

To evaluate the implementation of an innovative task-shifting concept, care-related services (CRS), from the managers' perspective in somatic care units across the hospitals in a region in Sweden.

Methods

The qualitative study was conducted in 2022, after the implementation of CRS. Individual interviews were conducted with 24 key stakeholders, including 14 care unit managers, six CRS managers, and four process managers. A qualitative content analysis was performed, utilizing the Consoli

SUBMITTER: Reichert D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11344403 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature