Loading…
Shared care (comanagement)
Surgical departments have increasing difficulties in caring for their hospitalised patients due to the patients’ advanced age and comorbidity, the growing specialization in medical training and the strong political-healthcare pressure that a healthcare organization places on them, where surgical act...
Saved in:
Published in: | Revista clínica espanõla (English edition) 2016-01, Vol.216 (1), p.27-33 |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | |
Citations: | Items that this one cites |
Online Access: | Get full text |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Summary: | Surgical departments have increasing difficulties in caring for their hospitalised patients due to the patients’ advanced age and comorbidity, the growing specialization in medical training and the strong political-healthcare pressure that a healthcare organization places on them, where surgical acts take precedence over other activities. The pressure exerted by these departments on the medical area and the deficient response by the interconsultation system have led to the development of a different healthcare organization model: Shared care, which includes perioperative medicine. In this model, 2 different specialists share the responsibility and authority in caring for hospitalised surgical patients.
Internal medicine is the most appropriate specialty for shared care. Internists who exercise this responsibility should have certain characteristics and must overcome a number of concerns from the surgeon and anesthesiologist.
Los servicios quirúrgicos tienen dificultades crecientes en la atención a sus pacientes ingresados debido a la mayor edad y comorbilidad, a una formación médica en creciente especialización y a la fuerte presión político-sanitaria que impone una organización asistencial donde prima el acto quirúrgico frente a las demás actividades. La presión que ejercen estos servicios sobre el área médica y la respuesta deficiente ofrecida por el sistema de interconsulta han provocado el desarrollo de un modelo diferente de organización asistencial: la asistencia compartida, la cual incluye la medicina perioperatoria. En ella 2 especialistas diferentes comparten la responsabilidad y autoridad en la atención de un paciente quirúrgico ingresado.
Medicina Interna es la especialidad más adecuada para la asistencia compartida. El internista que la ejerza ha de tener unas características determinadas y debe superar una serie de temores del cirujano y del anestesista. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 2254-8874 2254-8874 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.rceng.2015.09.002 |