Primary Care Team of the Year: Primary care that makes a difference

BMJ ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 342 (apr12 1) ◽  
pp. d2118-d2118
Author(s):  
H. Macdonald ◽  
D. MacAuley
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team

scholarly journals Family Physician’s and Primary Care Team’s Perspectives on Supporting Family Caregivers in Primary Care Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3293
Author(s):  
Jasneet Parmar ◽  
Sharon Anderson ◽  
Marjan Abbasi ◽  
Saeed Ahmadinejad ◽  
Karenn Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Caregiver Support ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Primary Care Teams ◽  
Support Family

Background. Research, practice, and policy have focused on educating family caregivers to sustain care but failed to equip healthcare providers to effectively support family caregivers. Family physicians are well-positioned to care for family caregivers. Methods. We adopted an interpretive description design to explore family physicians and primary care team members’ perceptions of their current and recommended practices for supporting family caregivers. We conducted focus groups with family physicians and their primary care team members. Results. Ten physicians and 42 team members participated. We identified three major themes. “Family physicians and primary care teams can be a valuable source of support for family caregivers” highlighted these primary care team members’ broad recognition of the need to support family caregiver’s health. “What stands in the way” spoke to the barriers in current practices that precluded supporting family caregivers. Primary care teams recommended, “A structured approach may be a way forward.” Conclusion. A plethora of research and policy documents recommend proactive, consistent support for family caregivers, yet comprehensive caregiver support policy remains elusive. The continuity of care makes primary care an ideal setting to support family caregivers. Now policy-makers must develop consistent protocols to assess, and care for family caregivers in primary care.

scholarly journals A Psychiatric Clinic in General Practice

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 114-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally M. Browning ◽  
Michael F. Ford ◽  
Cait A. Goddard ◽  
Alexander C. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Psychiatric Clinic

Only a minority suffering from mental illness are treated by the specialist psychiatric service. The majority of psychiatrically ill patients seen in general practice suffer from minor neuroses, personality disorders and situational reactions and can be appropriately treated by the primary care team. However, a significant degree of morbidity, some of it severe, fails to be identified in general practice and the identification and treatment of psychiatric disorder varies according to the GP's interest and attitudes.

scholarly journals Impact of event notification services on timely follow-up and rehospitalization among primary care patients at two Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian E Dixon ◽  
Kimberly M Judon ◽  
Ashley L Schwartzkopf ◽  
Vivian M Guerrero ◽  
Nicholas S Koufacos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Usual Care ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Event Notification

Abstract Objective To examine the effectiveness of event notification service (ENS) alerts on health care delivery processes and outcomes for older adults. Materials and methods We deployed ENS alerts in 2 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers using regional health information exchange (HIE) networks from March 2016 to December 2019. Alerts targeted VA-based primary care teams when older patients (aged 65+ years) were hospitalized or attended emergency departments (ED) outside the VA system. We employed a concurrent cohort study to compare postdischarge outcomes between patients whose providers received ENS alerts and those that did not (usual care). Outcome measures included: timely follow-up postdischarge (actual phone call within 7 days or an in-person primary care visit within 30 days) and all-cause inpatient or ED readmission within 30 days. Generalized linear mixed models, accounting for clustering by primary care team, were used to compare outcomes between groups. Results Compared to usual care, veterans whose primary care team received notification of non-VA acute care encounters were 4 times more likely to have phone contact within 7 days (AOR = 4.10, P < .001) and 2 times more likely to have an in-person visit within 30 days (AOR = 1.98, P = .007). There were no significant differences between groups in hospital or ED utilization within 30 days of index discharge (P = .057). Discussion ENS was associated with increased timely follow-up following non-VA acute care events, but there was no associated change in 30-day readmission rates. Optimization of ENS processes may be required to scale use and impact across health systems. Conclusion Given the importance of ENS to the VA and other health systems, this study provides guidance for future research on ENS for improving care coordination and population outcomes. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02689076. “Regional Data Exchange to Improve Care for Veterans After Non-VA Hospitalization.” Registered February 23, 2016.

scholarly journals Connecting Primary Care Patients to Community Resources: Lessons Learned From the Development of a New Lay Primary Care Team Role

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Clarissa W Hsu ◽  
Erin Hertel ◽  
June BlueSpruce ◽  
Tyler R Ross ◽  
Allen Cheadle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Primary Care Patients

scholarly journals The Association of Team-Specific Workload and Staffing with Odds of Burnout Among VA Primary Care Team Members

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (7) ◽  
pp. 760-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian D. Helfrich ◽  
Joseph A. Simonetti ◽  
Walter L. Clinton ◽  
Gordon B. Wood ◽  
Leslie Taylor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Team Members
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