Opportunities for Occupational Therapy on a Primary Care Team

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (4_Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 7111510170p1
Author(s):  
Jodi Winship ◽  
Carole Ivey
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team

Exploring Occupational Therapists' Experiences in U.S. Primary Care Settings: A Qualitative Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie A. Rouch ◽  
Tara C. Klinedinst ◽  
Jennifer S. White ◽  
Natalie E. Leland
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
The United States ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Care Experience ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
And Behavior

Importance: Occupational therapy's scope of practice aligns with the goals of comprehensive primary care set forth by the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148). To successfully integrate occupational therapy into primary care, we must understand occupational therapy practitioners' experiences in this setting. Objective: To explore facilitators of, barriers to, and recommendations for integrating occupational therapy into primary care. Design: A descriptive qualitative design that incorporated semistructured interviews, member checking sessions, and deductive thematic analysis. Interviews were structured to capture occupational therapists' experiences of and recommendations for practicing in primary care. Setting: Primary care. Participants: A purposive sample of licensed occupational therapists with at least 6 mo primary care experience in the United States. Results: Seven participants reported 1 to 8 yr of experience in primary care. Four themes emerged that contextualized the experiences of occupational therapists in primary care. The first theme captured the process of gaining entry onto the primary care team. Once structurally embedded on the team, the second and third themes, respectively, captured barriers and facilitators to navigating team-based care and providing patient-centered care. The fourth theme reflected participants' vision and ideas of how to expand reach nationally to promote consistent integration of occupational therapy into primary care. Conclusion and Relevance: Given the important role of an interprofessional primary care team in improving population health, this study is timely in that it explored occupational therapists' experiences in this emerging practice area. What This Article Adds: Occupational therapists in this study used their skills, resources, and networks to become part of a primary care team. They indicated that they contributed to positive outcomes through working with patients on self-management, functional problem solving, and behavior change.

scholarly journals Opportunities for Occupational Therapy on a Primary Care Team

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 7305185010p1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi M. Winship ◽  
Carole K. Ivey ◽  
Rebecca S. Etz
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team

scholarly journals Family Physician’s and Primary Care Team’s Perspectives on Supporting Family Caregivers in Primary Care Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 3293
Author(s):  
Jasneet Parmar ◽  
Sharon Anderson ◽  
Marjan Abbasi ◽  
Saeed Ahmadinejad ◽  
Karenn Chan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Caregiver Support ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Primary Care Teams ◽  
Support Family

Background. Research, practice, and policy have focused on educating family caregivers to sustain care but failed to equip healthcare providers to effectively support family caregivers. Family physicians are well-positioned to care for family caregivers. Methods. We adopted an interpretive description design to explore family physicians and primary care team members’ perceptions of their current and recommended practices for supporting family caregivers. We conducted focus groups with family physicians and their primary care team members. Results. Ten physicians and 42 team members participated. We identified three major themes. “Family physicians and primary care teams can be a valuable source of support for family caregivers” highlighted these primary care team members’ broad recognition of the need to support family caregiver’s health. “What stands in the way” spoke to the barriers in current practices that precluded supporting family caregivers. Primary care teams recommended, “A structured approach may be a way forward.” Conclusion. A plethora of research and policy documents recommend proactive, consistent support for family caregivers, yet comprehensive caregiver support policy remains elusive. The continuity of care makes primary care an ideal setting to support family caregivers. Now policy-makers must develop consistent protocols to assess, and care for family caregivers in primary care.

Primary Care Team of the Year: Primary care that makes a difference

BMJ ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 342 (apr12 1) ◽  
pp. d2118-d2118
Author(s):  
H. Macdonald ◽  
D. MacAuley
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team

scholarly journals A Psychiatric Clinic in General Practice

1987 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 114-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally M. Browning ◽  
Michael F. Ford ◽  
Cait A. Goddard ◽  
Alexander C. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Psychiatric Clinic

Only a minority suffering from mental illness are treated by the specialist psychiatric service. The majority of psychiatrically ill patients seen in general practice suffer from minor neuroses, personality disorders and situational reactions and can be appropriately treated by the primary care team. However, a significant degree of morbidity, some of it severe, fails to be identified in general practice and the identification and treatment of psychiatric disorder varies according to the GP's interest and attitudes.

scholarly journals Impact of event notification services on timely follow-up and rehospitalization among primary care patients at two Veterans Affairs Medical Centers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian E Dixon ◽  
Kimberly M Judon ◽  
Ashley L Schwartzkopf ◽  
Vivian M Guerrero ◽  
Nicholas S Koufacos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Usual Care ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Veterans Affairs ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Medical Centers ◽  
Event Notification

Abstract Objective To examine the effectiveness of event notification service (ENS) alerts on health care delivery processes and outcomes for older adults. Materials and methods We deployed ENS alerts in 2 Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers using regional health information exchange (HIE) networks from March 2016 to December 2019. Alerts targeted VA-based primary care teams when older patients (aged 65+ years) were hospitalized or attended emergency departments (ED) outside the VA system. We employed a concurrent cohort study to compare postdischarge outcomes between patients whose providers received ENS alerts and those that did not (usual care). Outcome measures included: timely follow-up postdischarge (actual phone call within 7 days or an in-person primary care visit within 30 days) and all-cause inpatient or ED readmission within 30 days. Generalized linear mixed models, accounting for clustering by primary care team, were used to compare outcomes between groups. Results Compared to usual care, veterans whose primary care team received notification of non-VA acute care encounters were 4 times more likely to have phone contact within 7 days (AOR = 4.10, P < .001) and 2 times more likely to have an in-person visit within 30 days (AOR = 1.98, P = .007). There were no significant differences between groups in hospital or ED utilization within 30 days of index discharge (P = .057). Discussion ENS was associated with increased timely follow-up following non-VA acute care events, but there was no associated change in 30-day readmission rates. Optimization of ENS processes may be required to scale use and impact across health systems. Conclusion Given the importance of ENS to the VA and other health systems, this study provides guidance for future research on ENS for improving care coordination and population outcomes. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02689076. “Regional Data Exchange to Improve Care for Veterans After Non-VA Hospitalization.” Registered February 23, 2016.

scholarly journals Primary Care Education, Pathways and Research of Dementia (PREPARED): Promoting integrated dementia care through Primary Care Team education

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 365
Author(s):  
Tony Foley ◽  
Katherine Thackeray ◽  
Anne Quinn ◽  
Louise Hopper ◽  
Kate Irving
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Dementia Care ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Care Education ◽  
Primary Care Education

scholarly journals Connecting Primary Care Patients to Community Resources: Lessons Learned From the Development of a New Lay Primary Care Team Role

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 218
Author(s):  
Clarissa W Hsu ◽  
Erin Hertel ◽  
June BlueSpruce ◽  
Tyler R Ross ◽  
Allen Cheadle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team ◽  
Community Resources ◽  
Primary Care Patients

scholarly journals Primary care team of the year: saving money and improving care

BMJ ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 348 (mar14 1) ◽  
pp. g2154-g2154
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Care Team ◽  
Primary Care Team
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