Palliative home care – can we improve quality by implementing shared care?

Trine Brogaard, MD, PhD student

Research Unit for General PracticeAarhus University

The next 10 minutes…

• Definition

• What is shared care good for and why do we need it?

• How?

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Definition: Shared care ”Shared care is the joint participation of

general practitioners and hospital consultants in the planned delivery of care for patients with a chronic condition, informed by an enhanced information exchange over and above routine discharge and referral letters.” Hickman M, Drummond N, Grimshaw J. A taxonomy of shared care for chronic disease. J Public Health Med 1994;16(4):447-454

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Shared care – how?

• Consciousness about the professional needs of colleagues also caring for the patient

• Awareness of the fact that we are all colleagues who has to cooperate

Shared care – how?

• Joint effort to place the responsibility so that this is clear to patient, relatives and all health care professionals

• Create easy lines of communication between all professionals involved

Take home message

• Cooperation

• You don’t have to do it on your own

• Proactive, practical, holistic thinking

• Get it right the first time

Thank you for your

attention!

trine.brogaard@alm.au.dk

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