Goal-Oriented Care: A Catalyst for Person-Centred System Integration

Autor: Carolyn Steele Gray, Agnes Grudniewicz, Alana Armas, James Mold, Jennifer Im, Pauline Boeckxstaens
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Integrated Care, Vol 20, Iss 4 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1568-4156
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.5520
Popis: Introduction: Person-centred integrated care is often at odds with how current health care systems are structured, resulting in slower than expected uptake of the model worldwide. Adopting goal-oriented care, an approach which uses patient priorities, or goals, to drive what kinds of care are appropriate and how care is delivered, may offer a way to improve implementation. Description: This case report presents three international cases of community-based primary health care models in Ottawa (Canada), Vermont (USA) and Flanders (Belgium) that adopted goal-oriented care to stimulate clinical, professional, organizational and system integration. The Rainbow Model of Integrated Care is used to demonstrate how goal-oriented care drove integration at all levels. Discussion: The three cases demonstrate how goal-oriented care has the potential to catalyse integrated care. Exploration of these cases suggests that goal-oriented care can serve to activate formative and normative integration mechanisms; supporting processes that enable integrated care, while providing a framework for a shared philosophy of care. Lessons learned: By establishing a common vision and philosophy to drive shared processes, goal-oriented care can be a powerful tool to enable integrated care delivery. Offering plenty of opportunities for training in goal-oriented care within and across teams is essential to support this shift.
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