Lessons learned from implementing a digital rehabilitation care planning platform to improve care access for patients with work disability: qualitative process evaluation of the RehaPro-SERVE study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inpatient rehabilitation therapies can be applied for in Germany by patients of working age to support their return to work. However, there are some problems that impede an easy and uncomplicated application process. An interdisciplinary case management approach for rehabilitation care planning was developed to facilitate the access to rehabilitation. Case conferences (CCs) were held with relevant stakeholders and took place on a digital communication platform. We conducted a qualitative process evaluation to understand the implementation of the intervention and to identify contextual factors as well as mechanisms for a successful implementation in the context of primary care.

Methods

The process evaluation included interviews with primary care physicians (PCPs),

SUBMITTER: Buch K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11520423 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature