ALEXANDRE HANNUD ABDO
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LIM/01 - Laboratório de Informática Médica, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Implementation of integration strategies between primary care units and a regional general hospital in Brazil to update and connect health care professionals: a quasi-experimental study protocol(2016) BRACCO, Mario Maia; MAFRA, Ana Carolina Cintra Nunes; ABDO, Alexandre Hannud; COLUGNATI, Fernando Antonio Basile; DALLA, Marcello Dala Bernardina; DEMARZO, Marcelo Marcos Piva; ABRAHAMSOHN, Ises; RODRIGUES, Aline Pacifico; DELGADO, Ana Violeta Ferreira de Almeida; PRAZERES, Glauber Alves dos; TEIXEIRA JR., Jose Carlos; POSSA, SilvioBackground: Better communication among field health care teams and points of care, together with investments focused on improving teamwork, individual management, and clinical skills, are strategies for achieving better outcomes in patient-oriented care. This research aims to implement and evaluate interventions focused on improving communication and knowledge among health teams based on points of care in a regional public health outreach network, assessing the following hypotheses: 1) A better-working communication process between hospitals and primary health care providers can improve the sharing of information on patients as well as patients' outcomes. 2) A skill-upgrading education tool offered to health providers at their work sites can improve patients' care and outcomes. Methods/Design: A quasi-experimental study protocol with a mixed-methods approach (quantitative and qualitative) was developed to evaluate communication tools for health care professionals based in primary care units and in a general hospital in the southern region of Sao Paulo City, Brazil. The usefulness and implementation processes of the integration strategies will be evaluated, considering: 1) An Internet-based communication platform that facilitates continuity and integrality of care to patients, and 2) A tailored updating distance-learning course on ambulatory care sensitive conditions for clinical skills improvements. The observational study will evaluate a non-randomized cohort of adult patients, with historical controls. Hospitalized patients diagnosed with an ambulatory care sensitive condition will be selected and followed for 1 year after hospital discharge. Data will be collected using validated questionnaires and from patients' medical records. Health care professionals will be evaluated related to their use of education and communication tools and their demographic and psychological profiles. The primary outcome measured will be the patients' 30-day hospital readmission rates. A sample size of 560 patients was calculated to fit a valid logistic model. In addition, qualitative approaches will be used to identify subjective perceptions of providers about the implementation process and of patients about health system use. Discussion: This research project will gather relevant information about implementation processes for education and communication tools and their impact on human resources training, rates of readmission, and patient-related outcomes.
- Technology enhanced integration of hospital and primary care in the M'boi Mirim neighborhood of Sao Paulo city(2015) ABDO, Alexandre Hannud; DELGADO, Ana; MAFRA, Ana; NASCIMENTO, Tatiane Ocon; BRACCO, MarioLack of coordination between primary and secondary care can have adverse effects for patients.[4] Our research project consists of a multi-strategy intervention to connect the healthcare professionals of one hospital and 18 primary care units (PCUs) in the southern neighborhood of M'boi Mirim, in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The focus of this paper is a privacy-oriented and feature-rich online collaboration network, set up for professionals to provide more continuous care to patients as they cycle between PCUs and hospital care. Besides the network, a capacity building online course is being offered and a telemedicine service made available. Results will follow from outcomes of patients with conditions sensitive to primary care, from gains in efficiency of procedures, and from exchange patterns between professionals plus their overall condition at work.