Integration refers to coordination of disparate services centred on the needs of each individual patient and family with the aim of ensuring continuity of care.
In a clinical redesign of maternity services in 2008 [ 24], we implemented nine caseload midwifery group practices (MGP) with the aim of providing continuity of midwifery care to women regardless of their risk status at booking.
In recent years, multiple changes in diabetes care have been introduced in the Netherlands, with the aim of improving the continuity and quality of care.
The Norwegian patient list system was implemented in 2001, with the aim of improving quality, accessibility, and continuity in general practice by providing all residents with a regular doctor.
A Midwifery Group Practice was established in 2009 in a remote city of the Northern Territory, Australia, with the aim of improving outcomes and access to midwifery continuity of care.
This study examines the ambulatory visit pattern of Manitobans with specific types of chronic disease with the aim of determining whether their care fits within the recommended patterns, including continuity of care with one physician.
One of the rare continuities between the Obama and Trump administrations was sticking with the policy of lifting sanctions on Sudan with the aim of preserving stability.
To the aim of furthering our understanding of continuity of care in this setting, we conducted a pilot study to evaluate the utility of a specific methodology, namely network analysis, in mapping out the process of information sharing/continuity.
In 2001 a national list patient system was introduced with the main aim of improving the continuity of care for patients in the community with chronic disorders.
The aim of our study was to evaluate the continuity of care of adult ED visitors.
The aim of this study was to ascertain: how personal, longitudinal continuity of care is related to certain patient characteristics; and what were patients' experiences of consultations with doctors working in Finnish primary care centres.
