The individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool: qualitative analysis in the Quebec PRISMA experiment
Introduction: One aspect of clinical integration involves case managers' tools and particularly the individualized service plan. <br><br> Methods: We examined individualized service plan content and use in the PRISMA experiment. We analyzed 50 charts, and conducted and recorded inte...
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| author | Dominique Somme Réjean Hébert Gina Bravo François Blanchard Olivier Saint-Jean |
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| description | Introduction: One aspect of clinical integration involves case managers' tools and particularly the individualized service plan. <br><br> Methods: We examined individualized service plan content and use in the PRISMA experiment. We analyzed 50 charts, and conducted and recorded interviews regarding individualized service plan use with all the case managers concerned (n=13). <br><br> Results: Delays between starting case management and writing the individualized service plan were long and varied (0–596 days, mean: 117 days). During the interviews, the individualized service plan was described as the ‘last step’ once the active planning phase was over. The reasons for formulating plans were mainly administrative. From a clinical viewpoint, individualized service plans were used as memoranda and not to describe services (842 interventions not mentioned in the plans) or needs (694 active problems not mentioned). Case managers felt uncomfortable with the individualized planning task and expected a tool more adapted to their needs. <br><br> Conclusion: Although a majority of the case managers' charts contained an individualized service plan, implementation of this tool seems tenuous. Because of the discrepancy between the potential usefulness expected by case managers and their actual use, a working committee was created to develop proposals for modifying the instrument. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d992ac6cbf7414b817efc011ee560b42022-12-21T18:21:45ZengUbiquity PressInternational Journal of Integrated Care1568-41562007-12-0174215The individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool: qualitative analysis in the Quebec PRISMA experimentDominique SommeRéjean HébertGina BravoFrançois BlanchardOlivier Saint-JeanIntroduction: One aspect of clinical integration involves case managers' tools and particularly the individualized service plan. <br><br> Methods: We examined individualized service plan content and use in the PRISMA experiment. We analyzed 50 charts, and conducted and recorded interviews regarding individualized service plan use with all the case managers concerned (n=13). <br><br> Results: Delays between starting case management and writing the individualized service plan were long and varied (0–596 days, mean: 117 days). During the interviews, the individualized service plan was described as the ‘last step’ once the active planning phase was over. The reasons for formulating plans were mainly administrative. From a clinical viewpoint, individualized service plans were used as memoranda and not to describe services (842 interventions not mentioned in the plans) or needs (694 active problems not mentioned). Case managers felt uncomfortable with the individualized planning task and expected a tool more adapted to their needs. <br><br> Conclusion: Although a majority of the case managers' charts contained an individualized service plan, implementation of this tool seems tenuous. Because of the discrepancy between the potential usefulness expected by case managers and their actual use, a working committee was created to develop proposals for modifying the instrument.http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/215case management toolindividualized service planclinical integrationgerontologyqualitative research |
| spellingShingle | Dominique Somme Réjean Hébert Gina Bravo François Blanchard Olivier Saint-Jean The individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool: qualitative analysis in the Quebec PRISMA experiment International Journal of Integrated Care case management tool individualized service plan clinical integration gerontology qualitative research |
| title | The individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool: qualitative analysis in the Quebec PRISMA experiment |
| title_full | The individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool: qualitative analysis in the Quebec PRISMA experiment |
| title_fullStr | The individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool: qualitative analysis in the Quebec PRISMA experiment |
| title_full_unstemmed | The individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool: qualitative analysis in the Quebec PRISMA experiment |
| title_short | The individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool: qualitative analysis in the Quebec PRISMA experiment |
| title_sort | individualized service plan as a clinical integration tool qualitative analysis in the quebec prisma experiment |
| topic | case management tool individualized service plan clinical integration gerontology qualitative research |
| url | http://www.ijic.org/index.php/ijic/article/view/215 |
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