OBJECTIVE The introduction of new services in a rehabilitation center is a unique opportunity to introduce a new model of care and services between two institutions. A hospital and a rehabilitation center experienced a clinical management model inspired by an American approach - collaborative care. The purpose of this study was to describe the implementation of this approach and to provide a pe...

Background and Purpose. Interprofes­ sional collaboration in health care is now considered a high priority, as concerns about patient safety, health and human resources shortages, and effective and ef­ ficient care have reached epic proportions. Although there are many models for in­ terprofessional education for collabora­ tive, patient-centered care, there is little in the literature to descr...

aim: hypertension is a chronic and asymptomatic disease leading to death of at least 45% of patients with cardiovascular diseases (cvds). self-care is important to minimize the risks and complications caused by hypertension.this aim of the present study was to determine the predictive power of constructs of the health belief model (hbm) in self-care behaviors of patients with hypertension.metho...

conclusions islam has a unique perspective on spiritual health as it encompasses all aspects of human beings. thus, it is necessary to carefully study the difference between the islamic concept of spiritual health and that of other religions and ideologies to design suitable and useful nursing care for iranian patients that satisfy their spiritual needs. results the relevant literature in the t...

Professional interactions among health providers are critical to an efficient shared-care model. This research investigates whether the collaborative structure between general practitioners and specialists affects either the health status of patients or their pharmacy costs. The more concentrated collaborative structure results in lower pharmacy costs, but not in higher patient.

In today's complex health care system, leader behaviors are critical for all nurses. The undergraduate teaching assistant (TA) program empowers students to develop leadership behaviors through a collaborative mentoring model. This successful program enables undergraduate students to collaborate with faculty and graduate TAs in co-teaching large classes. The collaborative mentoring, structured c...

Collaborative care is a well-studied and effective model of integrating behavioural healthcare into primary care medical settings. Despite evidence of its effectiveness, it has been difficult to implement into the US healthcare system. The upcoming reorganisation of US healthcare will rely heavily on adaptations of this model to improve its uptake and cost-effectiveness.

INTRODUCTION Nonlicensed allied health workers are becoming increasingly important in collaborative team care, yet we know little about their experiences while filling these roles. To explore their perceptions of working as health coaches in a chronic-disease collaborative team, the teamlet model, we conducted a qualitative study to understand the nature and dynamics of this emerging role. ME...

BACKGROUND An opportunity to address the needs of patients with common mental disorders (CMDs) resides in primary care. Barriers are restricting availability of treatment for CMDs in primary care. By understanding the incentives that promote and the disincentives that deter treatment for CMDs in a collaborative primary care context, this study aims to help contribute to goals of greater access ...

PURPOSE This article considers the question if measurable improvements are achieved in the quality of care in stroke services by using a Breakthrough collaborative quality improvement model. CONTEXT OF CASE Despite the availability of explicit criteria, evidence based guidelines, national protocols and examples of best practices; stroke care in the Netherlands did not improve substantially ye...