TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Case Management/organization & administration
KW - Chronic Disease/therapy
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Continuity of Patient Care/organization & administration
KW - Data Collection
KW - Decision Support Techniques
KW - Depressive Disorder/complications/diagnosis/therapy
KW - Enteritis/complications/diagnosis/therapy
KW - Europe
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Interviews as Topic/methods
KW - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/complications
KW - Medical History Taking/methods
KW - Needs Assessment/organization & administration
KW - Nursing Assessment/organization & administration
KW - Nursing Process/organization & administration
KW - Patient Care Team/organization & administration
KW - Prognosis
KW - Referral and Consultation/organization & administration
KW - Risk Assessment
KW - United States
AU - C. H. Latour
AU - F. J. Huyse
AU - R. de Vos
AU - W. A. Stalman
A1 - 
AB - A growing number of nursing subspecializations have been developed in recent decades. Topics of concern are that care is not tailored to cope with the growing number of patients with more than one chronic disease, there is an increase in co-ordination problems in the care that is provided for this group of complex patients, and the care for these complex patients is extremely fragmented. The assessment of health risks resulting in co-ordinated care with effective communication is vital for multimorbid patients. Our aim is to describe a systematic approach (the INTERMED [IM] method) to identify complex patients who are in need of integrated care and its applicability to the nursing process. We demonstrate the ability of the IM method to quantify, weigh, and classify the complexity of problems. The method is applied in Europe and will be started in the USA in a pharmacy program. The IM is presented as a decision-support system for multidisciplinary teams with nurse co-ordinators.
BT - Nursing & health sciences
C5 - HIT & Telehealth
CP - 2
CY - Australia
DO - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00292.x
IS - 2
JF - Nursing & health sciences
N2 - A growing number of nursing subspecializations have been developed in recent decades. Topics of concern are that care is not tailored to cope with the growing number of patients with more than one chronic disease, there is an increase in co-ordination problems in the care that is provided for this group of complex patients, and the care for these complex patients is extremely fragmented. The assessment of health risks resulting in co-ordinated care with effective communication is vital for multimorbid patients. Our aim is to describe a systematic approach (the INTERMED [IM] method) to identify complex patients who are in need of integrated care and its applicability to the nursing process. We demonstrate the ability of the IM method to quantify, weigh, and classify the complexity of problems. The method is applied in Europe and will be started in the USA in a pharmacy program. The IM is presented as a decision-support system for multidisciplinary teams with nurse co-ordinators.
PP - Australia
PY - 2007
SN - 1441-0745; 1441-0745
SP - 150
EP - 157
EP - 
T1 - A method to provide integrated care for complex medically ill patients: the INTERMED
T2 - Nursing & health sciences
TI - A method to provide integrated care for complex medically ill patients: the INTERMED
U1 - HIT & Telehealth
U2 - 17470190
U3 - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00292.x
VL - 9
VO - 1441-0745; 1441-0745
Y1 - 2007
ER -