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Continuous Medical Care

Continuous Medical Care. Class 2: 12.09.2011. Assist. Prof. Dr. Memet I ŞIK Ataturk University Medical Faculty Department of Family Medicine. Aim: Give information about continuous health care in Family Practice

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Continuous Medical Care

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  1. Continuous Medical Care Class 2: 12.09.2011 Assist. Prof. Dr. MemetIŞIK Ataturk University Medical Faculty Department of Family Medicine

  2. Aim: Give information about continuous health care in Family Practice • Objectives: At the end of this course, participantsshould be abletodefine: • continuity • Explain 3 basic property of continuous care • Explain the 5 dimensions of continuous care • Explain at least 5 advantages of continuous care offamily medicine system.

  3. Familyphysician • Trained specialists doctor in accordance with the principles of the discipline of family medicine • He is responsible to provide comprehensive and continuous health care to people who want medical care,without taking in account of age, gender and the typeof disease. Europeandefinition of GP/FM, WONCA 2002

  4. What is“continuity” ? • In a medical encounter, continuityconsider to be present when either the doctor or patient has prior knowledge of the other • Webster’sdictionarydefinescontinuity as uninterrupted in time orwithoutcessation

  5. The threemain feature of continuous care 1. Itis not limited to a certain stage of the disease 2. Includestheservicesrequired in healthyperiods 3. The individual is monitoredthroughout the entire life.

  6. ContinuousCare • Continuous care differ is in terms of doctor and patient.

  7. ContinuousCare • Interms of doctor; • from the point of view of the physician, continuity exists when the majority of patients seen each day are patients who are assigned to or registered with that individual physician Theprovidercontinuityindexforeachprovider Providercontinuityindex (PCI) = number of visitsbyassignedpatients / total clinicvisits

  8. ContinuousCare • Inview of patient; • over a period of time,continuity of care is the degree to which each interaction with the health care system occurs with the same provider Theusualprovidercontinuityforeachpatient Usualprovidercontinuityindex (UPC)= number of visitswithassignedprovider / total clinicvisits

  9. The five dimensions of continuous care • Provider continuity • Continuity in time • Geographicalcontinuity • Contiuity of medicalrecords (informationalcontinuity) • Interdisciplinarycontinuity

  10. 1. The continuity of the service provider • Thedegree of assessmentof person by the same service provider in each application

  11. 2. The continuity in time • Obstetrician • From pregnancyuntil birth • General surgeon • Prior to the surgery until the end of healing • Family physician • Continuous health care throughout the entire life

  12. 3. Geographicalcontinuity • The physician should be close geographically, should be accessible • The physician must be in the same place

  13. 4. Contiuity of medicalrecords(informationalcontinuity) • The degree of access of any service provider following a patient to thecomplete information aboutpatient's previous illnesses and applications to the health care system. • Qualified health care requires the continuity of the records about patients' medical problems over time, location and episodes of illness.

  14. 5. Interdisciplinarycontinuity Familyphysician; • Does not onlycare for a medical problem or organ system • Playa role in the management of their patients' medical, social and family problems • Ensures continuity of care of the patients with multiple problems by coordinating other disciplines

  15. The advantages of continuous care in Family Practice - 1 • More efficient use of time • Have enough time to make a diagnosis • Opportunity to review the accuracy of the diagnosis • Have the opportunity to understand the exact contentandcousesof the problems • Time can be used as a diagnostic tool • Reductionof unnecessary evaluationtestsandexpenditures

  16. The advantages of continuous care in Family Practice - 2 • Establishing better communication between the patient-doctor • Increase the confidence of the patient's to physician • Regular monitoring of chronic diseases • Treatmentdoes not interrupted • Improvement in quality of health services

  17. summary

  18. What are the three main feature of continuous care? 1. Itis not limited to a certain stage of the disease 2. Includestheservicesrequired in healthytperiods 3. The individual is monitored throughout the entire life.

  19. What are the five dimensions of continuous care? • Provider continuity • Continuity in time • Geographicalcontinuity • Contiuity of medicalrecords(informationalcontinuity) • Interdisciplinarycontinuity

  20. What does “continuity of the service provider” mean? • Whatare the advantages of continuous care in Family Practice?

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