Multidisciplinary sleep centers: strategies to improve care of sleep disorders patients

Current emphasis on patient outcomes within sleep medicine, with a particular focus on quality improvement and contained costs, calls for sleep specialists to develop innovative models for long-term care and management of sleep disorders patients. Multidisciplinary sleep centers can facilitate highe...

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Published in:Journal of clinical sleep medicine 2014-06, Vol.10 (6), p.693-697
Main Authors: Shelgikar, Anita Valanju, Durmer, Jeffrey S, Joynt, Karen E, Olson, Eric J, Riney, Heidi, Valentine, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Humans
Interdisciplinary Communication
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Quality Improvement - organization & administration
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Sleep Medicine Specialty - methods
Sleep Medicine Specialty - organization & administration
Sleep Medicine Specialty - standards
Sleep Wake Disorders - therapy
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Summary:Current emphasis on patient outcomes within sleep medicine, with a particular focus on quality improvement and contained costs, calls for sleep specialists to develop innovative models for long-term care and management of sleep disorders patients. Multidisciplinary sleep centers can facilitate highest-quality care that is timely and cost-effective. Effective resource use in a multidisciplinary sleep center can help minimize fragmentation of care, reduce effort duplication, and control costs. Proposed strategies to help achieve a balance between quality of care and cost-effectiveness include: (1) multidisciplinary specialty clinics, (2) optimized use of information technology, and (3) adoption of reliable performance measures.
ISSN:1550-9389
1550-9397
DOI:10.5664/jcsm.3808