This feasibility study found that just over one third of low risk women were willing to participate in a study exploring individualised, planned early discharge followed by increased home-based postnatal care.
Participants appreciated getting a written, individualised plan for each week, with a daily schedule for individual and group activities.
HCPs should create individualised plans in consultation with the patients to ensure a routine that allows for proper meal times and exercise enabling them to take their diabetes medication, including insulin, in a timely manner.
Stratifying patients into prognostic subgroups could be used for patient counselling and individualised treatment planning.
Half of the articles focused on clinical guidelines to support medical treatment decision-making and individualised care planning.
All participants agreed that the information collected would give them more control over their condition and permit their clinicians to be more informed about their problems, thus facilitating individualised treatment planning.
Multidisciplinary team meetings : Multidisciplinary team meetings allow a team approach to patient management to take into account and evaluate all aspects of the disease prior to individualised therapy planning.
Several strategies, including a range of interventions, have been developed to improve continuity of care across care levels; e.g. individualised discharge planning [ 4], liaison nurses and discharge coordinators [ 5], enhanced multidisciplinary team work [ 6], transitional and intermediate care units [ 7], integrated care pathways [ 8] and integrated medical and social care [ 9].
The post-operative instructions included individualised treatment plans including gradual correction protocols, pin-site monitoring, radiological assessment and indicators for fixator removal.
Stratifying patients into subgroups according to GGT may be used for patient counselling, tailoring surveillance, individualised treatment planning, and clinical trial design.
