Inpatient care provider perspectives on the development and implementation of an addiction medicine consultation service in a small urban setting

Original research
par
Beckett, Madelaine, Ramm Hering & Karen Urbanoski

Date de publication

2022

Géographie

Canada

Langue de la ressource

English

Texte disponible en version intégrale

Oui

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

Oui

Évalué par des pairs

Yes

L’objectif

To evaluate provider perspectives on the development and implementation of an inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service, including their awareness of the service, its perceived role in the continuum of care, and changes over time in their perceptions of care quality for inpatients with substance use disorders.

Constatations/points à retenir

Providers had generally positive perceptions of the service and its impact on care quality, but encountered significant barriers at both time points in meeting patient needs (related to high patient complexity and difficulty connecting patients with community services post-discharge). Relative to physicians and social workers, nurses were less likely to be familiar with the service or see it as beneficial.

La conception ou méthodologie de recherche

Repeated cross-sectional survey

Mots clés

About prescribers
Hospitals
Small/medium cities