Unlocking information for coordination of care in Australia: A qualitative study of information continuity in four primary health care models

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Banfield, Michelle ^a   Gardner, Karen ^a   McRae, Ian ^a   Gillespie, James ^b   Wells, Robert ^a   Yen, Laurann ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Chronic disease management; Information continuity; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CASE MANAGEMENT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MOTIVATION; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874803267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-34     Document Type: Article

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