Patient engagement in interprofessional team-based chronic disease management: A qualitative description of a Canadian program.

Objective: To explore how patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) perceive their engagement and roles within an interdisciplinary team-based care model.

Methods: A single intrinsic case study was used. Focus group participants were recruited from the Best Care COPD program across nine sites.

Understanding the nursing practices and perspectives of transfusion reaction reporting.

Aims And Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate nurse perspectives on transfusion-related adverse reaction reporting practices.

Background: Transfusion-related adverse reaction reporting is an essential component of hemovigilance in Canada, but reporting rates vary and under-reporting of minor transfusion-related adverse reactions exists. To our knowledge, this is the first report of nursing transfusion-related adverse reaction reporting attitudes.

Interdisciplinary Health Care Evaluation Instruments: A Review of Psychometric Evidence.

Teamwork among health care professionals has been found to improve patient outcomes and reduce burnout. Surveys from individual team members are often used to measure the effectiveness of teamwork performance, as they provide an efficient way to capture various constructs of teamwork. This allows evaluators to better understand team functioning, areas of strength, and to identify potential areas for improvement.

Lessons learned from inadequate implementation planning of team-based chronic disease management: implementation evaluation.

Background: This study was a retrospective evaluation of an unsuccessfully implemented team-based, chronic disease management program, with an aim to understand more about implementation barriers. The program, the Chronic Disease Management Initiative (CDMI) was a new collaborative model of care for patients with COPD. It utilized customized health information and interactive tools, mainly smartphones, for ongoing disease management.