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It could be a ‘Golden Goose’: a qualitative study of views in primary care on an emergency admission risk prediction tool prior to implementation

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Title
It could be a ‘Golden Goose’: a qualitative study of views in primary care on an emergency admission risk prediction tool prior to implementation
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BMC Primary Care, January 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12875-015-0398-3
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Authors

Alison Porter, Mark Rhys Kingston, Bridie Angela Evans, Hayley Hutchings, Shirley Whitman, Helen Snooks

Abstract

Rising demand for health care has prompted interest in new technologies to support a shift of care from hospital to community and primary care, which may require clinicians to undertake new working practices. A predictive risk stratification tool (Prism) was developed for use in primary care to estimate patients' risk of an emergency hospital admission. As part of an evaluation of Prism, we aimed to understand what might be needed to bring Prism into effective use by exploring clinicians and practice managers' attitudes and expectations about using it. We were informed by Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) which examines the work needed to bring an innovation into use. We conducted 4 focus groups and 10 interviews with a total of 43 primary care doctors and colleagues from 32 general practices. All were recorded and transcribed. Analysis focussed in particular on the construct of 'coherence' within NPT, which examines how people understand an innovation and its purpose. Respondents were in agreement that Prism was a technological formalisation of existing practice, and that it would function as a support to clinical judgment, rather than replacing it. There was broad consensus about the role it might have in delivering new models of care based on active management, but there were doubts about the scope for making a difference to some patients and about whether Prism could identify at-risk patients not already known to the clinical team. Respondents did not expect using the tool to be onerous, but were concerned about the work which might follow in delivering care. Any potential value would not be of the tool in isolation, but would depend on the availability of support services. Policy imperatives and the pressure of rising demand meant respondents were open to trying out Prism, despite underlying uncertainty about what difference it could make. Controlled Clinical Trials no. ISRCTN55538212 .

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
Unknown 67 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 14 21%
Student > Master 11 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 9%
Other 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 5 7%
Other 14 21%
Unknown 12 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 20 29%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 15%
Psychology 5 7%
Social Sciences 3 4%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 3%
Other 13 19%
Unknown 15 22%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

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#16,048,318
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from BMC Primary Care
#1,529
of 2,359 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#218,219
of 400,123 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Primary Care
#22
of 29 outputs
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