Abstract
Virtual community ward in a semi-rural area of Catalonia: improving efficiency through health and social care service integration
Highlights
The increasing of the number of patients with complex chronic conditions entails a challenge for the welfare structures
Since March 2013, some patients are assigned to an integrated community platform of primary care and social services teams (“virtual ward”). 49% of these patients come from hospital continuity structures, whereas 51% come from primary care or social care professionals
Basic information about the patient, is accessible both to different healthcare services professionals The virtual ward offers proactive attention and preventive home visits and after a period of time, the ward staff may feel that the patient is ready to be discharged back to the care of the primary care practice
Summary
The increasing of the number of patients with complex chronic conditions entails a challenge for the welfare structures. October 2014 Publisher: Igitur publishing URL: http://www.ijic.org Virtual community ward in a semi-rural area of Catalonia: improving efficiency through health and social care service integration Mrs Àngela Vilà, Registered Nurse, Attached to Nursing Direction for Primary Care, IAS, Girona, Spain
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