Abstract
Canadian and other healthcare systems are adopting primary care models founded on multidisciplinary, team-based care. This paper describes the development and use of a new tool, the Team Assessment of Self-Management Support (TASMS), designed to understand and improve the self-management support teams provide to patients with chronic conditions. Team Assessment of Self-Management Support captures the time providers spend supporting seven different types of self-management support (process strategies, resources strategies, disease controlling strategies, activities strategies, internal strategies, social interactions strategies, and healthy behaviours strategies), their referral patterns and perceived gaps in care. Four unique features make TASMS user-friendly: it is patient-centred, it uses provider-level data to create a team profile, it has the ability to be tailored to needs (diagnosis and visit type), and visual presentation of results are quickly and intuitively understood by both providers and planners. Currently being used by providers and planners in Nova Scotia, scaling up will allow more widespread use.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 43-48 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Healthcare Management Forum |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to thank all the research staff at the International Chronic and Complex Conditions Research Group (IC3RG) who helped with and supported this work. The authors also would like to acknowledge the involvement and strong support received from the care coordinators, managers, and team members of the primary care and chronic disease teams at the Nova Scotia Health Authority.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Canadian College of Health Leaders.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Health Policy
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article
