SYNERGY IN SPECIALTY CARE: INTEGRATING HEALTH DISCIPLINES FOR ENHANCED PATIENT OUTCOMES
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Keywords
Specialty Care, Health Disciplines, Patient Outcomes, Comprehensive Assessment
Abstract
The healthcare system's need for care services has evolved, which is facilitating a seamless shift from in-hospital to primary care. In this sense, patient-centered care delivery models may offer a framework for tracking patients' experiences as they move between various care tiers. Understanding the viewpoints of patients, primary care physicians (PCPs), and specialists—also known as the specialty care "triad"—is essential for the successful coordination of specialized care. Using diabetes specialist care as an illustration, this study compared these viewpoints in an integrated healthcare system using qualitative approaches. Inter-clinician contacts were essential for care coordination between PCPs and endocrinologists. When clinicians conceptualized specialist care coordination, they hardly ever included patients or other staff members. Patients frequently took on the role of specialist care coordinators, but they had difficulty making it work.
Aim: To show Synergy in Specialty Care and Integrating Health Disciplines for Enhanced Patient Outcomes
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Yosef Hasan Taher Alhashem
Laboratory Technitian, King Fahad Hofuf Hospital
Mousa Hassan A Alawadh
Laboratory Technitian, King Fahad Hofuf Hospital
Mohammed Abdrabarasool Saleh Albrahim
Pharmacy, King Fahad Hospital
Jasem Ahmed Al Mubarak
Pharmacy, King Fahad Hospital
Bayan Ahmed Alghamdi
Physician General Practitioner, Ad Diriyah Hospital
Saleh Abdulkhaliq Alzaid
Hospital Adminstration, Alnarjis Primary Health Care Center
Majed Fayadh Shihatah
Alanazi Health Administration, Tabuk Maternity And Children’s Hospital
Ahmed Faraj Samil Aloufi
Operation Rooms, Afif General Hospital
Sami Saud Almutairi
Assistant Pharmacist, King Khaled Hospital-Majmaah
Adel Fahad Rashid Alrubaysh
Sociology, Diabetes And Endocrinology Center, Buraydah
Khaled Helal Alharbi
Specialist -Sociology, Al-Bukayriyah General Hospital
Sharaf Amer alotaibi
Specialist-Sociology, Afif General Hospital
Reema Hamad Alsahli
Nursing Specialist, Riyadh Third Health Cluster