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ArticleChronic illness2025

A hospital care coordination team intervention for patients with multimorbidity: A practice-based, participatory pilot study.

Marlies Verhoeff, Janke F de Groot, Hanneke Peters-Siskens, Erik van Kan, Yolande Vermeeren, Barbara C van Munster

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Marlies VerhoeffDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Center of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-5667-7817
Janke F de GrootKnowledge Institute of the Federation of Medical Specialists, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Hanneke Peters-SiskensSchool of Health Studies, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Arnhem/Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Erik van KanDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn/Zutphen, The Netherlands.
Yolande VermeerenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Gelre Hospitals, Apeldoorn/Zutphen, The Netherlands.
Barbara C van MunsterDepartment of Internal Medicine, University Center of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

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ObjectivesThis study aims to develop and pilot a hospital care coordination team intervention for patients with multimorbidity and identify key uncertaintiesMethodsPractice-based, participatory pilot study with mixed methods in a middle-large teaching hospital. We included adult patients who had visited seven or more outpatient specialist clinics in 2018. The intervention consisted of an intake, a comprehensive review by a dedicated care coordination team, a consultation to discuss results and two follow-up appointments. We collected both quantitative and qualitative data.ResultsOut of 131 invited patients, 28 participants received the intake and comprehensive review. The intervention resulted in mixed outputs and short-term outcomes. Among the 28 participants, 21 received recommendations for at least two out of three categories (medication, involved medical specialists, other). Patients' experienced effects ranged from no to very large effects. Key uncertainties were how to identify patients with a need for care coordination and the minimum of required data that can be collected during regular clinical care with feasible effort.DiscussionRecruitment and selection for hospital care coordination should be refined to include patients with multimorbidity who might benefit most. Outcomes of research and clinical care should align and first focus on evaluating the results of care coordination before evaluating health-related outcomes.

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MultimorbidityPatient Care TeamAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChronic DiseaseFemaleHospitals, TeachingHumansMaleMiddle AgedPilot Projectscare coordinationcare coordination interventionfragmented carehospital careMultimorbidity

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PMCPMC11969876

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