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Table 5 Central ideas for new health care models

From: Daily practices of advanced practice nurses within a multi-professional primary care practice in Switzerland: a qualitative analysis

Central ideas for new health care models [1]

Results of the current study

1) Prevention und empowerment

• Providing person-centered symptom control and prevention

• Fostering self-management in patients and relatives

• Supporting patients and family care givers with effects of illness and therapy on everyday life

2) Optimized access to care

• House calls, residential long-term care visits and consultations at MediZentrum

3) Treatment guidelines

• Catalyzing further development and process optimization

• Expanding clinical skills

• Collaborating with GPs in tandem care of patients

4) Improved integration and coordination

• Coordinating manifold interprofessional activities

• Serving as primary contact person in residential long-term care facilities

• Collaborating with GPs in tandem care of patients

5) Heightened commitment and continuity

• Being on-site specialist: House calls, residential long-term care visits and consultations at MediZentrum

6) Patient-oriented care and self-management

• Fostering self-management in patients and family care givers, adjusted to their abilities

7) Improved quality and patient safety

• Participating in quality assurance and reflection

• Giving and receiving further education