Integrating care for high-risk patients in England using the virtual ward model: Lessons in the process of care integration from three case sites

International Journal of Integrated Care

Volumn 13, Issue OCT/DEC, 2013, Pages

  Lewis, Geraint ^a   Vaithianathan, Rhema ^b,c   Wright, Lorraine ^d   Brice, Mary R ^e   Lovell, Paul ^f   Rankin, Seth ^g   Bardsley, Martin ^h  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^e ST CHRISTOPHER S HOSPICE   (United Kingdom)

^f East Street Surgery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g Wandsworth Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^h Health Education England   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Hospitalisation; Integrated delivery of health care; Patient care team; Patient readmission; Preventive health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887138265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15684156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.1150     Document Type: Article

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