Mobile care - a possible future for emergency care in Sweden
2023 (English)In: BMC Emergency Medicine, E-ISSN 1471-227X, Vol. 23, no 1, article id 80
Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
IntroductionProvision of mobile care at the home of patients appears to become necessary as the population becomes increasingly older. But there are challenges in moving emergency care from hospitals to the home of patients. The aim of the study was therefore to describe the experiences of the mobile care in Sweden.MethodSemi structured interviews were conducted with 12 persons with experience of mobile care in Sweden, such as nurses, physicians, civil servants and politicians. Qualitative latent content analysis was used as an analysis method.ResultThe results show that cooperation is of utmost importance to achieve functioning mobile care. Cooperation both on an inter-organizational level and on a close team-work is required for all of the involved parties in mobile care to take on a joint responsibility for the patient. As mobile care is primarily provided to elderly multimorbid patients, a comprehensive view on patient care is required in which the patient and their relatives experience security.ConclusionMobile care is seen as a moving care that comes to the seeking person and not the other way around. The resources are distributed where they make the most use, that is, closest to the individual. Mobile care is seen as a complement to the traditional hospital care. This means a different way of working that requires close collaboration between different categories of personnel and organizations, where there should not be any discussions about boundaries, rather, the discussion should include patients needs and situation instead.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
BMC , 2023. Vol. 23, no 1, article id 80
Keywords [en]
Mobile care, Mobile team, Emergency care, Patient safety
National Category
Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Research subject
Disaster Medicine
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-196388DOI: 10.1186/s12873-023-00847-1ISI: 001037459400002PubMedID: 37501146Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85165917226OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-196388DiVA, id: diva2:1784616
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