Reflections on integrated care from those working in and leading integrated respiratory teams
Author(s)
Roberts, Nicola J
Ward, Mike
Patel, Irem
Yorke, Janelle
Partridge, Martyn R
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The concept of integrated care has been advocated for many years to address some of the challenges faced by the NHS. This report examines the experiences of respiratory healthcare specialists working in an integrated role. Twelve qualitative telephone interviews were undertaken with a range of integrated respiratory specialists and their teams working in both hospitals and the community. A descriptive and thematic approach to data analysis was adopted.
Participants were very enthusiastic about their roles and saw themselves as ambassadors for this new way of working. Several key themes were identified from the analysis which participants identified as barriers or enablers to the successful undertaking of an integrated respiratory specialist role. These included the participants’ previous work experience and background, the range of multi-disciplinary expertise within or needed for the team, the structure of the team leadership and the measurement of outcomes to evaluate the team. Participants identified the need for clear job descriptions and roles, shared training and standards and appropriate outcome evaluation. More research is needed to understand how these new ways of working are developing and how they can be evaluated.
Participants were very enthusiastic about their roles and saw themselves as ambassadors for this new way of working. Several key themes were identified from the analysis which participants identified as barriers or enablers to the successful undertaking of an integrated respiratory specialist role. These included the participants’ previous work experience and background, the range of multi-disciplinary expertise within or needed for the team, the structure of the team leadership and the measurement of outcomes to evaluate the team. Participants identified the need for clear job descriptions and roles, shared training and standards and appropriate outcome evaluation. More research is needed to understand how these new ways of working are developing and how they can be evaluated.
Date Issued
2018-03-04
Date Acceptance
2018-01-01
Citation
London Journal of Primary Care, 2018, 10 (2), pp.24-30
ISSN
1757-1472
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Open
Start Page
24
End Page
30
Journal / Book Title
London Journal of Primary Care
Volume
10
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Identifier
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Primary Health Care
General & Internal Medicine
Integrated care
consultant role
respiratory
HEALTH-CARE
COPD
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2018-01-01