Paper Info
Title
Computer support for shared care of diabetes: findings from a Danish case.
Abstract
Shared care has been announced as an effective model for care of chronic diseases. In the paper we discuss various facets of IT support for shared care of diabetes. Based on an empirical study of a project in Denmark we identify various challenges involved with IT support of shared care; structural problems and lack of attention to general practitioners' practice and to clarify the meaning of shared care in the actual project. We propose the importance of reaching agreement as to what is shared and we suggest a distinction between two levels of shared care: an epidemiological level where hospital specialists and national authorities need to monitor the disease based on data from the general practice; and a operational, daily level where the professionals dealing with an individual patient and the patient share information to help the patient deal with his/her situation on a everyday basis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.3233/978-1-58603-864-9-389
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Disease mgt,Communication,Strategic plans,shared care,diabetes
Computer support,Disease,Nursing,Epidemiology,General practice,Shared care,Danish,Medicine,Empirical research
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
136
0926-9630
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.37
2
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Keld Bødker113220.65
Maren Fich Granlien271.31