Understanding how to improve collaboration between hospitals and primary care in postdischarge care transitions: A qualitative study of primary care leaders' perspectives

Oanh K ieu Nguyen, Jenna Kruger, S. Ryan Greysen, Audrey Lyndon, L. Elizabeth Goldman

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is limited collaboration between hospitals and primary care despite parallel efforts to improve postdischarge care transitions. OBJECTIVE: To understand what primary care leaders perceived as barriers and facilitators to collaboration with hospitals. METHODS: Qualitative study with in-depth, semistructured interviews of 22 primary care leaders in 2012 from California safety-net clinics. RESULTS: Major barriers to collaboration included lack of institutional financial incentives for collaboration, competing priorities (e.g., regulatory requirements, strained clinic capacity, financial strain) and mismatched expectations about role and capacity of primary care to improve care transitions. Facilitators included relationship building through interpersonal networking and improving communication and information transfer via electronic health record (EHR) implementation. CONCLUSIONS: Efforts to improve care transitions should focus on aligning financial incentives, standardizing regulations around EHR interoperability and data sharing, and enhancing opportunities for interpersonal networking.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)700-706
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of hospital medicine
Volume9
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2014

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Internal Medicine
  • Leadership and Management
  • Fundamentals and skills
  • Health Policy
  • Care Planning
  • Assessment and Diagnosis

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