Question

Is it a good strategic decision for mobile teams to lower their thresholds in the start-up phase, by being for example physically present at locations that serve a gateways?

Problem description

In our region everyone rather stays in his own house.  There is few direct contact on the work floor, face to face, between collaborators from services taking up different functions within the network. There is still no integral network at client’s level, “being” a partner (instead of “having” a partner).  On the other hand: some necessary conditions are not fulfilled.  For example: sharing patient records and sensible client-related information between partners included non-professional partners; a mental health system (integration of different functions at network level, being mirrored at client’s level).

Impact - effect

Fragmentation of care.  While functions are not integrated sufficiently at the work floor, patients can still be sent for pillar to post.  At present, the mobile teams can hardly be defined as components of one single care network, spread across the entire region

To do

To do: it’s not evident at all to introduce the so called “antennes de consultation” (Lille), or consultation points, in our working areas.  However, they are particularly inspiring: junction points, in the form of easily accessible low threshold consultation and drop in places where collaborators of several sectors (or partners) are located.  Such as ambulatory mental health services, social services, medical practices, etc..  So called “satellite functions”, next to the gateway through hospitals and other referral pathways (which we should also pay attention to and spend some time to).   It is particularly in the context of finding a front door in close proximity of the client and the community, that this source of inspiration can bring us to invest more in these type of junction points, and to be physically present over there.   A joint initiative or project about de-stigmatisation could be used as a lever.

Theme

Continuing care pathway

Topic

which activities, how (modalities), an continuing care pathway programme

Reference -  contact

Yasmina Boumahdi,  Elizabeth Van Mulders, Steven Poels (Gent-Eeklo)

Mobile team

2B

Project

Gent-Eeklo (PAKT)

Intership abroad - place

Lille

Date

September 2013