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Interprofessional Teams Supporting Care Transitions from Hospital to Community: A Scoping Review.


ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Poor outcomes following the transition from hospital back to community living are common, especially for older adults with complex health and social care needs. Some health care systems now have multiple interprofessional teams (in hospital and community) to support care transitions. These teams will need to be well coordinated to improve care transition outcomes.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review to identify and map peer-reviewed literature on how interprofessional teams are working together to support older adults transitioning from hospital back to the community. We used the six-stage framework developed by Levac and colleagues (2010). Procedures were guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute scoping review guidelines.

Results

Our structured search and screening process resulted in 70 articles, published between 2000 and 2022, from 14 counties. Within these articles, 26 programs were described that used interprofessional teams in both the hospital and community.

Discussion

The qualitative articles suggested that effective teamwork is very important for promoting care transition quality, but the quantitative research did not report on team-related outcomes. Quantitative research has described, but not evaluated, strategies for promoting interprofessional collaboration.

Conclusion

Future research should focus on evaluating processes used to promote effective interprofessional teamwork in care transition interventions.

SUBMITTER: Brown CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11012160 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Interprofessional Teams Supporting Care Transitions from Hospital to Community: A Scoping Review.

Brown Cara L CL   Tittlemier Brenda J BJ   Tiwari Komal Krishna KK   Loewen Hal H  

International journal of integrated care 20240402 2


<h4>Introduction</h4>Poor outcomes following the transition from hospital back to community living are common, especially for older adults with complex health and social care needs. Some health care systems now have multiple interprofessional teams (in hospital and community) to support care transitions. These teams will need to be well coordinated to improve care transition outcomes.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a scoping review to identify and map peer-reviewed literature on how interprofession  ...[more]

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