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A framework for interprofessional collaboration in case management

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: In Qubec, case management usually takes the form of a multidisciplinary team that includes social workers, nurses, and occupational therapists. The team we studied utilizes a hybrid type of case management (1), in which each case manager, in addition to the tasks related to his role as case manager, intervenes in his area of competence. For example, a nurse working as a case manager can also change bandages on minor wounds while doing home visit. However, this raises the question of how far the nurse should go. This situation poses a problem not only in terms of workload distribution between the professionals forming the team, but also in regards to the articulation of the intervention made by these professionals with the work done by others actors in the health care network.

Source: International Journal of Integrated Care

DOI: 10.5334/ijic.2064

Authors: Yves Couturier, Dominique Gagnon, Julie Daviau, Maxime Guillette

Institution: Université de Sherbrooke

Language: English

Topic: Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,839