3) Horizontal continuum Collaborative activities between HIV and TB services and HIV and MCH services (PMTCT) were expanded mainly through donor funded projects.
When this model is applied to many current clinical systems, many primary care practices would be classed as Minimal or Basic collaboration, yet the essence of adopting the Collaborative and Integrated care continuum is to achieve best practice as close to full integration as possible.
Conceptually, a collaborative ED ICU model can facilitate a seamless transition on the continuum of critical care, as envisioned by the late Dr Peter Safar [ 50].
This was somewhat contrary to what health promotion stakeholders' wished to achieve with the schoolBeat-approach focusing primarily for collaborative improvements in the health promotion end of the integral pupil care continuum.
Stage 1 is the collaborative development of suitable KPI covering process and outcome measures across the continuum of care; and stage 2, involves two phases, is the development of appropriate, feasible data collection tools and their subsequent measurement in hospital and PHC settings.
This article provides some evidence to support the need for collaborative care and provides some practical examples of how to deliver a collaborative/integrated care continuum.
According to the framework, the continuum of team-oriented health care practice is represented by parallel, consultative, collaborative, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and integrative models.
Thus the concepts of inter-professional collaborative teamwork and of continuity of supervision and patient care are applicable across the continuum of medical education from the clerkships through to internship and residency training.
June 27-30: "The Continuum: Beyond the Killing Fields," directed by Ong Keng Sen; TheaterWorks' production of a collaborative work.
