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Published in: BMC Health Services Research 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Research article

Professional groups driving change toward patient-centred care: interprofessional working in stroke rehabilitation in Denmark

Authors: Viola Burau, Kathrine Carstensen, Stina Lou, Ellen Kuhlmann

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

Background

Patient-centred care based on needs has been gaining momentum in health policy and the workforce. This creates new demand for interprofessional teams and redefining roles and tasks of professionals, yet little is known on how to implement new health policies more effectively. Our aim was to analyse the role and capacity of health professions in driving organisational change in interprofessional working and patient-centred care.

Methods

A case study of the introduction of interprofessional, early discharge teams in stroke rehabilitation in Denmark was conducted with focus on day-to-day coordination of care tasks and the professional groups’ interests and strategies. The study included 5 stroke teams and 17 interviews with different health professionals conducted in 2015.

Results

Professional groups expressed highly positive professional interest in reorganised stroke rehabilitation concerning patients, professional practice and intersectoral relations; individual professional and collective interprofessional interests strongly coincided. The corresponding strategies were driven by a shared goal of providing needs-based care for patients. Individual professionals worked independently and on behalf of the team. There was also a degree of skills transfer as individual team members screened patients on behalf of other professional groups.

Conclusions

The study identified supportive factors and contexts of patient-centred care. This highlights capacity to improve health workforce governance through professional participation, which should be explored more systematically in a wider range of healthcare services.
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Metadata
Title
Professional groups driving change toward patient-centred care: interprofessional working in stroke rehabilitation in Denmark
Authors
Viola Burau
Kathrine Carstensen
Stina Lou
Ellen Kuhlmann
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2603-7

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