Table 1 Synergy 1 – Coordinating healthcare services
Intervention | Key features |
|---|---|
A. Coordinate clinical services with community services (across different sites) | Combining clinical services (diagnosis, prevention, treatment rehabilitation) with: |
1. Counseling and educational services directed at personal risk behaviors, the management of particular health problems, the use of health services etc. | |
2. Outreach and case management services to identify health needs of individuals and promote compliance with complex treatment programs | |
3. Social services that address socioeconomic determinants of health | |
B. Bring other sector’s personnel (E.g. public health) to existing practice sites | 1. PC sites can lease certain services from PH departments, and vice versa |
2. Organizations can hire or contract professionals with expertise or experience in providing a desired service | |
3. PC or PH sites bring in outside personnel to provide individual-level support services for patients | |
C. Establish “one-stop” centers (geographic proximity) | 1. Co-location of both sectors’ services to promote geographical proximity of PC and PH professionals and programs |
2. Addressing health inequalities through “one-stop” centers located in disadvantaged regions and organized around needs of local populations |