Understanding interprofessional team delivery of patient-centered care: a qualitative secondary analysis

J Interprof Care. 2021 May 6:1-8. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2021.1899146. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPrimary Care providers are expected to deliver patient-centered care (PCC) within teams; however, PCC tends to be studied within the provider-patient dyad, often to the exclusion of interprofessional team relationships. The purpose of this study was to explore how PCC is understood in the context of inter-provider relationships within Collaborative Mental Health Care teams. Previously collected data formed the basis of a qualitative secondary analysis using constructivist grounded theory. Focus group transcripts from six teams were analyzed using constant comparison. Coding, memoing, and diagramming were used to construct categories and themes. Having worked together over time, these teams developed a shared identity termed the Collective in this analysis. We define this social entity including antecedent conditions, the cultural milieu of the Collective, and provider-perceived outcomes. We further detail how these providers understood PCC as a team-delivered practice including the processes of coming together for a more complete picture, delivering the same message, and managing complexity together. We argue that practice settings supporting relationship development between providers, in addition to with the patient, may be essential to team delivery of PCC.PMID:33955306 | DOI:10.1080/13561820.2021.1899146

Source: Journal of Interprofessional Care - May 6, 2021 Category: Health Management Authors: Cynthia Yamamoto Pamela Wener Jacquie Ripat Roberta L Woodgate Source Type: research