Nurse-led service delivery models in primary care: a scoping review protocol

Background: Ensuring equitable access to health care is reliant on the strengthening of primary care services. Increasing the utilisation of task-sharing and telehealth models is one strategy to improve patient access and outcomes in primary care. This protocol details the methodology of a proposed...

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Main Authors: Jessica E Moulton, Nishadi Nethmini Withanage, Asvini K Subasinghe, Danielle Mazza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Royal College of General Practitioners 2022-09-01
Series:BJGP Open
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Online Access:https://bjgpopen.org/content/6/3/BJGPO.2021.0194
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author Jessica E Moulton
Nishadi Nethmini Withanage
Asvini K Subasinghe
Danielle Mazza
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Asvini K Subasinghe
Danielle Mazza
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description Background: Ensuring equitable access to health care is reliant on the strengthening of primary care services. Increasing the utilisation of task-sharing and telehealth models is one strategy to improve patient access and outcomes in primary care. This protocol details the methodology of a proposed scoping review of nurse and midwife involvement in task-sharing and telehealth models in primary care. Aim: To identify what task-sharing and telehealth models have been utilised in the primary care setting globally, and to capture the characteristics and health and economic outcomes of the models, and whether they are acceptable and feasible. Design & setting: This protocol was developed in line with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P). Method: Five databases (Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature [CINAHL] and Cochrane Library) will be searched for relevant studies published in English. Articles will be screened for inclusion in Covidence by three authors, with data extracted and synthesised using a chart designed for this review. Evidence will be mapped in both tabular and narrative forms to show characteristics, outcomes, and acceptability of the models of care. Conclusion: Understanding how nurse- and midwife-led models of care may operate is crucial to strengthening service provision in primary care. Evidence on nurse and midwife-led primary care models will be collated and synthesised to inform future models.
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spelling doaj.art-08d9a540287d4b0c885faef28021d7b52022-12-22T03:17:30ZengRoyal College of General PractitionersBJGP Open2398-37952022-09-016310.3399/BJGPO.2021.0194Nurse-led service delivery models in primary care: a scoping review protocolJessica E Moulton0Nishadi Nethmini WithanageAsvini K Subasinghe1Danielle Mazza2Department of General Practice, Monash University, Notting Hill, AustraliaNational Health and Medical Research Council SPHERE Centre of Research Excellence in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Women in Primary Care, Notting Hill, AustraliaDepartment of General Practice, Monash University, Notting Hill, AustraliaBackground: Ensuring equitable access to health care is reliant on the strengthening of primary care services. Increasing the utilisation of task-sharing and telehealth models is one strategy to improve patient access and outcomes in primary care. This protocol details the methodology of a proposed scoping review of nurse and midwife involvement in task-sharing and telehealth models in primary care. Aim: To identify what task-sharing and telehealth models have been utilised in the primary care setting globally, and to capture the characteristics and health and economic outcomes of the models, and whether they are acceptable and feasible. Design & setting: This protocol was developed in line with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews and reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P). Method: Five databases (Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature [CINAHL] and Cochrane Library) will be searched for relevant studies published in English. Articles will be screened for inclusion in Covidence by three authors, with data extracted and synthesised using a chart designed for this review. Evidence will be mapped in both tabular and narrative forms to show characteristics, outcomes, and acceptability of the models of care. Conclusion: Understanding how nurse- and midwife-led models of care may operate is crucial to strengthening service provision in primary care. Evidence on nurse and midwife-led primary care models will be collated and synthesised to inform future models.https://bjgpopen.org/content/6/3/BJGPO.2021.0194nursingmidwiferydelivery of health caretelemedicinetask-sharingprimary health carescoping reviewgeneral practice
spellingShingle Jessica E Moulton
Nishadi Nethmini Withanage
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Danielle Mazza
Nurse-led service delivery models in primary care: a scoping review protocol
BJGP Open
nursing
midwifery
delivery of health care
telemedicine
task-sharing
primary health care
scoping review
general practice
title Nurse-led service delivery models in primary care: a scoping review protocol
title_full Nurse-led service delivery models in primary care: a scoping review protocol
title_fullStr Nurse-led service delivery models in primary care: a scoping review protocol
title_full_unstemmed Nurse-led service delivery models in primary care: a scoping review protocol
title_short Nurse-led service delivery models in primary care: a scoping review protocol
title_sort nurse led service delivery models in primary care a scoping review protocol
topic nursing
midwifery
delivery of health care
telemedicine
task-sharing
primary health care
scoping review
general practice
url https://bjgpopen.org/content/6/3/BJGPO.2021.0194
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