Improving Health Care for Patients with Multimorbidity: A Mixed-Methods Study to Explore the Feasibility and Process of Aligning Scheduled Outpatient Appointments through Collaboration between Medical Specialties.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many patients with multimorbidity have appointments and parallel trajectories in several outpatient clinics across medical specialties. This organisation may disintegrate care and challenges the navigation of the healthcare system.

Methods

This study explored the feasibility of an intervention targeting patients seen in several outpatient clinics for multiple diseases. The intervention aimed to coordinate outpatient appointments through enhanced collaboration across medical specialties. Feasibility and process were assessed through mixed methods by tracking the intervention through prospectively collected data and through semi-structured interviews with patients and healthcare professionals.

Results

A multidisciplinary outpatient pathway was established as

SUBMITTER: Bell C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896239 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature