Abstract
Promoting patient safety: An emerging role for intermediate care units in Norway
Highlights
In line with international trends of integrated care and patient empowerment, the Norwegian Coordination Reform (CR), officially launched in 2012, aims to promote collaboration between health care levels, patient safety, and services closer to the patient’s home
With a population spread across great distances, Norway has a long tradition for offering decentralized specialist care, for example through specialists ambulating to local hospitals
The current study explores the role of the Local Medical Centers (LMC) in patient safety work, and finds that it has a potential for bridging this gap
Summary
The interviews show that the LMCs are in a privileged position as they relate closely to health care providers at both levels. They often work closely with the hospital and recruit personnel from specialist care, thereby bringing in well-established work practices and procedures for patient safety from that domain into the LMC. Their close contact with a variety of primary care services. 15th International Conference on Integrated Care, Edinburgh, UK, March 25-27, 2015. Allows for exchange of both patient safety practices and general patient safety attitudes, which in turn can lead to increased focus and work on patient safety in primary care settings
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