ArticleInternational journal of integrated care2014
Improving integrated care: modelling the performance of an online community of practice.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The aims and effectiveness of communities of practice in healthcare: A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- The Empirical Foundations of Telemedicine Interventions in Primary Care.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2016Pooled it
- Rural Health Pro-A Digital Platform Connecting Rural People, Organisations, and Communities.The Australian journal of rural health · 2025Article
- How successful was the use of a community of practice for the implementation of evidence-based practices for heart failure within the United States Department of Veterans Affairs: Insights from a formative evaluation.Health research policy and systems · 2022Article
- Developing evaluation capacities in integrated care projects: Lessons from a scientific support mission implemented in Belgium.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Communities of practice in Alberta Health Services: advancing a learning organisation.Health research policy and systems · 2020Article
- Efficiency as a determinant of loyalty among users of a Community of Clinical Practice: a comparative study between the implementation and consolidation phases.BMC family practice · 2020Article
- Modeling and Predicting Outcomes of eHealth Usage by European Physicians: Multidimensional Approach from a Survey of 9196 General Practitioners.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Article
- Building virtual communities of practice for health.Lancet (London, England) · 2017Article
- Understanding the discriminant factors that influence the adoption and use of clinical communities of practice: the ECOPIH case.BMC health services research · 2015Article
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Abstract
introductionTHIS ARTICLE AIMS TO CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING CORE HYPOTHESIS: a Community of Practice's use of a Web 2.0 platform for communication between primary and hospital care leads to improved primary care and fewer hospital referrals. This core hypothesis will be corroborated by testing a further five partial hypotheses that complete the main hypothesis being estimated.
methodsAn ad-hoc questionnaire was designed and sent to a sample group of 357 professionals from the Badalona-Sant Adrià de Besòs Primary Care Service in Catalonia, Spain, which includes nine primary care centres and three specialist care centres. The study sample was formed by 159 respondents. The partial least squares methodology was used to estimate the model of the causal relationship and the proposed hypotheses.
resultsIt was found that when healthcare staff used social networks and information and communication technologies professionally, and the more contact hours they have with patients, the more a Web 2.0 platform was likely to be used for communication between primary and hospital care professionals. Such use led to improved primary care and fewer hospital referrals according to the opinions of health professionals on its use.
conclusionsThe research suggests that the efficiency of medical practice is explained by the intensity of Web 2.0 platform use for communication between primary and specialist care professionals. Public policies promoting the use of information and communication technologies in communities of practice should go beyond the technological dimension and consider other professional, organisational and social determinants.
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