Health professionals' experience of implementing and delivering a 'Community Care' programme in metropolitan Melbourne: a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To explore the experiences of health professionals involved in delivering a multidisciplinary Community Care programme that provides a transitional care coordination service for patients visiting a tertiary hospital service in Melbourne, Australia.

Design

Reflexive thematic analysis was used to identify themes from descriptions of delivering the programme, including its perceived strengths and challenges.

Participants

12 healthcare professionals from four disciplines working in the Community Care programme were interviewed.

Results

Four themes were identified: (1) 'increasingly complex', depicts the experience of delivering care to patients with increasingly complex health needs; (2) 'plugging unexpected gaps', describes meeting patient's healthcare

SUBMITTER: Shannon B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272113 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature