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15104915

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
The delivery of health care is often segmented into sectors. In Canada, hospital care has traditionally been distinct from community care, and thus the transition of patients across sectors has been challenging. This paper focuses on the systematic development of an integrated model of care for children, for the purpose of smoothing the transition from hospital to home. The new service model uses emerging telecommunications technology to link hospital care providers to patients at home and is termed "telehomecare" (THC). Independent models of THC were developed for three sites across Canada through semistructured interviews and focus groups. Participants included health care providers and administrators from the hospital and community, and patient families. The resulting models were compared using content analysis to determine whether there was a core model of THC that was generalisable across Canada. A core model of THC was identified that includes the use of videoconferencing to enable the integration of hospital- and community-based care to support patients during the initial stages of the transition to home. Each site also articulated unique characteristics in their service model that were related to the nature of their health care delivery system and patient population. This paper describes the core model of transitional care, presents a synopsis of each of the three models, and compares the models. THC provides opportunities to address limitations in the current system and to improve upon equity of access to quality care for children making the transition from hospital to home.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1530-5627
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
45-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Telehomecare: a comparison of three Canadian models.
pubmed:affiliation
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. nancy.young@sickkids.ca
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't