• The Chronic Care Model and technological research and innovation: A scoping review at the crossroad 

      Gammon, Barbara Deede; Berntsen, Gro Karine Rosvold; Koricho, Absera Teshome; Sygna, Karin; Ruland, Cornelia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-06)
      Background: Information and communication technologies (ICT) are key to optimizing the outcomes of the Chronic Care Model (CCM), currently acknowledged as the best synthesis of available evidence for chronic illness prevention and management. At the same time, CCM can offer a needed framework for increasing the relevance and feasibility of ICT innovation and research in health care. Little is known ...
    • How do we deal with multiple goals for care within an individual patient trajectory? A document content analysis of health service research papers on goals for care 

      Berntsen, Gro Karine Rosvold; Gammon, Barbara Deede; Steinsbekk, Aslak; Salamonsen, Anita; Foss, Nina; Ruland, Cornelia; Fønnebø, Vinjar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-12-10)
      Objectives: Patients with complex long-term needs experience multiple parallel care processes, which may have conflicting or competing goals, within their individual patient trajectory (iPT). The alignment of multiple goals is often implicit or non-existent, and has received little attention in the literature. Research questions: (1) What goals for care relevant for the iPT can be identified ...
    • Keeping one step ahead: A qualitative study among Norwegian health-care providers in hospitals involved in care coordination for patients with complex needs 

      Høyem, Audhild; Gammon, Barbara Deede; Berntsen, Gro Karine Rosvold; Steinsbekk, Aslak (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-04-03)
      <p><i>Introduction</i>: Various efforts aim to enhance continuity of care for patients with long-term health-care needs. Since 2012, Norwegian hospitals are mandated to appoint individual care coordinators for patients with complex needs to ensure continuity in the care pathway. New roles must meld with current practice. Implementation has been slow. This study investigates current care coordination ...
    • A person-centered integrated care quality framework, based on a qualitative study of patients' evaluation of care in light of chronic care ideals 

      Berntsen, Gro Karine Rosvold; Høyem, Audhild; Lettrem, Idar; Ruland, Cornelia; Rumpsfeld, Markus; Gammon, Barbara Deede (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-20)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Person-Centered Integrated Care (PC-IC) is believed to improve outcomes and experience for persons with multiple long-term and complex conditions. No broad consensus exists regarding how to capture the patient-experienced quality of PC-IC. Most PC-IC evaluation tools focus on care events or care in general. Building on others’ and our previous work, we outlined a 4-stage ...
    • Policies Make Coherent Care Pathways a Personal Responsibility for Clinicians: A Discourse Analysis of Policy Documents about Coordinators in Hospitals 

      Høyem, Audhild; Gammon, Barbara Deede; Berntsen, Gro Karine Rosvold; Steinsbekk, Aslak (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-10)
      <p><i>Introduction</i>: In response to increase of patients with complex conditions, policies prescribe measures for improving continuity of care. This study investigates policies introducing coordinator roles in Norwegian hospitals that have proven challenging to implement.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: This qualitative study of policy documents employed a discourse analysis inspired by Carol Bacchi’s ...