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Implementing a patient-initiated review system in rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative evaluation

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, April 2015
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Title
Implementing a patient-initiated review system in rheumatoid arthritis: a qualitative evaluation
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12913-015-0837-9
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Sue Child, Victoria A Goodwin, Mark G Perry, Christian A Gericke, Richard Byng

Abstract

The management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), a chronic relapsing condition primarily affecting joints usually entails regular hospital reviews with a specialist. These reviews can occur when the patient is well. This study forms part of a service evaluation of a system wide implementation of a patient initiated review appointment system which we have called Direct Access (DA). The aim was to explore the experiences of patients and staff of a DA system in order to understand the process of the implementation and to identify potential improvements. Twenty-three patients with RA that had completed one year of follow-up on the DA system and seven healthcare professionals (HCPs) involved in the implementation of the DA review system took part in semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the interview data and field notes. Four themes emerged in the data: (1) building patient confidence and empowerment, (2) right place right time, (3) safety, (4) the everyday challenges of managing change. These show that in order for implementation to be successful the patient needs to have confidence in using a new system of requesting a medical review, which, in turn, needs to be offered quickly and in a setting convenient to both patient and clinician. Embedded in the change process need to be systems for ensuring regular disease monitoring and general issues surrounding team working, communication and ownership of the change process also need to be considered from the outset. The clinics offer increased patient autonomy and the opportunity for greater self-management of chronic disease. This fits with new models of care where the patient is considered to be 'the expert'.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 83 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Unspecified 15 18%
Student > Master 12 14%
Researcher 10 12%
Student > Bachelor 9 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 7%
Other 18 21%
Unknown 14 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Unspecified 15 18%
Nursing and Health Professions 14 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 15%
Psychology 6 7%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 4%
Other 12 14%
Unknown 21 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 November 2019.
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#2,704,753
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#1,142
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#14
of 89 outputs
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