Question

What is the importance of the gatekeeping function?

Problem description

In our working region, plenty of referral channels can lead to a hospital admission (eg emergency departments, GP, direct or self-referral, other professionals)

Impact - effect

Admissions are not always indicated, and the patients that end up in our team do not always respond to the preconceived target population, although we already use selection criteria at the moment

To do

We must continue to communicate with the referrers about the indications we use, in order to get our caseload more in line with the preconceived target population ( = patients who need an admissions in case our team doesn’t interfere).   This is something we can do already now.

On the other hand we realise that the introduction of a gatekeeping function and an access team (for demands of new patients) as these are operating in Stoke, will cause a real shift in the care landscape of our region.  This is a process that requires time.  In any case, an extra buffer would be useful in our region

Theme

Starting up and further development/deployment of mobile teams

Topic

critical success factors for starting up and further development/deployment

Reference -  contact

Luk De Becker, Tine Peeters (équipe 2a- Leuven-Tervuren)

Mobile team

2A

Project

Leuven-Tervuren

Intership abroad - place

Stoke-on-Trent

Date

June 2013