Exploring an Innovative Care Model and Telemonitoring for the Management of Patients With Complex Chronic Needs: Qualitative Description Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The growing number of patients with complex chronic conditions presents an urgent challenge across the Canadian health care system. Current care delivery models are overburdened, struggling to monitor and stabilize the complex needs of this growing patient population.

Objective

This qualitative study aimed to explore the needs and perspectives of patients and members of the care team to inform the development of an innovative integrated model of care and the needs of telemonitoring (TM) for patients with complex chronic conditions. Furthermore, we explored how these needs could be successfully embedded to support this novel model of complex chronic care.

Methods

A qualitative description design was utilized to conduct and analyze 29 semistructured interview

SUBMITTER: Gordon K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8279442 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature